I have a chick that hatched a day late and with an odd protrusion from it's vent. It doesn't appear to be prolapse, and is very swollen, red, and firm to the touch. It looks almost like a balloon. (A gross, fleshy balloon that is...) It hatched with this protrusion and I believe it might have...
I just had a hatch yesterday, all the little chicks are happy and healthy except for one. The poor little thing has something dangling from his butt and I'm not sure what it is. The other chicks were trying to peck at it, so I isolated him in a corner of the brooder. Other than this thing on his...
