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Update on baby please...is she still alive?

Hard to tell from the pics. If you feel up to it, it may be better to just cull her now. I have had this happen a few times. Just take a scissor, and cut her head off. Quick and painless. I can't tell if that's intestine hanging out, or just the cord, that should dry up and fall off. Need better...

Oh, poor baby! He seems to be alert, and not about to drop dead.... Crossing my fingers for you two.

I *think* the only thing you can do is cut the sac off, apply neo, and wait till he dries off. IF he got enough nutrient from the yolk, he may make it. Hopefully someone else can jump in and come up with a better alternative.

Is it yellow and nasty looking? That is the yolk. Is anything bleeding?

If you have someplace to separate him that's warm, I think the only thing you can do is put some neosporin on the hole so it doesn't get infected. There's not much more you can do. If you leave him with mama, make sure that the cord is cut away from the shell, so she doesn't step on it and pull...

It sounds like his belly button. Sometimes they get their feet tangled in the umbilical cord. Or mama may have stepped on it. If it gets pulled on too much, it can yank the intestines out of his belly. There's not too much you can do. Do you have a brooder to keep him in until it heals? Does...