The hernia is shrinking. I put some veterycin gel on it. It's day 3 now and it's gone quite hard and black so I reckon it is done absorbing and the rest will dry up and fall off. Hopefully the abdominal opening will close up first.
Chick is running around eating and drinking and acting like a...
Baby Araucana chick hatched last night. Seems to have an umbilical hernia. I think there's yolk in it as it looks sort of yellow and pink. What should I do? It's all dried on the surface but squishy inside.