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That's what I cut off.

Ok. I cut it off with fingernail clippers. The chick didn't like being held tightly during the operation, but he didn't squak when I cut it. I didn't see any bleeding at first but it has a little blood on it now. He looks much better. I hope he does ok.

Thanks. I was thinking of using a styptic pencil on it after cutting it. I keep hoping it will fall of on its own, but I am not sure that will happen. Seems like the other chickens will keep going at it unless I coat it with BluKote forever or I cut it off.

Here are some more photos. Any thoughts?

I am tempted to use either sharp scissors or a nail clipper to cut it off. Do you think that would help?

Oh, and it doesn't look like something stuck to it. The other chicks have pulled pretty hard on it.

No, I am not 100% certain it is a wound. Nor am I 100% certain it is skin. But when I saw it shortly after it hatched, it looked like a wound. And there is a raw area under it, between the base and the eye. If it doesn't dry up and fall off, the other chicks will keep going after it...

Just hatched six chicks in a styrofoam incubator on Sunday and Monday. One of the chicks had some sort of injury when I first saw it shortly after hatching. At first I thought it poked its eye on an edge of the hardware cloth in the incubator since it was red, swollen, and raw looking right...

Well, two of the eggs have small holes pecked in them, and I can hear peeping. I am surprised, because this is only day 19. I guess they survived the cold. Now they just need to hatch!

Hi, I am trying to incubate 12 eggs in a small home-make incubator. I built the incuabator from a styrofoam cooler, 40W bulb, thermostat , and an old computer fan. A few days ago candling looked good. We are now on day 18, and everything was fine when we left for church at 9:00. When I got...