2-day chick with prolapse(?). Any advice please.

[RoyalChick]

Hoping for advice on this baby. She is just coming up to 48 hours post hatch.
Behaving normally in terms of energy, eating, and drinking.
I got worried because I observed her pooping a clear gel. Since then she has pooped twice (that I have seen) and those were normal chick poops. I did think however, that she stood to poop like she was constipated.
I looked more closely and saw some red tissue (first picture).
I wiped her down with a cotton ball in warm water and then with some Witch Hazel with aloe.
The poops did not contain blood and it does not look like she is bleeding from her vent, but it does look like a prolapse to me (second picture).
Any suggestions on how I can help her? I have never seen this before, but maybe it is a known issue in young chicks.
Many thanks.

 

[RoyalChick]

Found this on Just Answers supposedly from a bird vet. Any thoughts on whether this is a good idea to try?
https://www.justanswer.com/bird-vet/ox454-baby-chick-week-old-prolapsed.html

 

[FarmerGirl101]

This is a good explanation on what to do and how to treat it:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/

 

[RoyalChick]

This is a good explanation on what to do and how to treat it:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic/

Thanks for sharing that - but I am not sure if it all applies to a 2-day chick. Certainly not all the stuff about calcium and dark to prevent laying, but even the bath feels like it might not be a good idea in such a small chick.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hoping for advice on this baby. She is just coming up to 48 hours post hatch.
Behaving normally in terms of energy, eating, and drinking.
I got worried because I observed her pooping a clear gel. Since then she has pooped twice (that I have seen) and those were normal chick poops. I did think however, that she stood to poop like she was constipated.
I looked more closely and saw some red tissue (first picture).
I wiped her down with a cotton ball in warm water and then with some Witch Hazel with aloe.
The poops did not contain blood and it does not look like she is bleeding from her vent, but it does look like a prolapse to me (second picture).
Any suggestions on how I can help her? I have never seen this before, but maybe it is a known issue in young chicks.
Many thanks.
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@Eggcessive
@casportpony
@Wyorp Rock
Tagging these folks, they may also know who else has chick experience with this.
Also, just a reassurance on the pooping act - chicks often look quite funny when they poop, sometimes they will stand up straighter, and wriggle. She poops readily, doesn’t take longer, just does that squiggly wriggle dance?

 

[thecatumbrella]

One of mine had a tiny bit of prolapse with her pasty butt. Looked almost exactly like your photo. I got lucky with just gently pushing it back in and holding my finger there for a minute or so (everything was already kind of "lubed up" from cleaning her).

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Thanks for sharing that - but I am not sure if it all applies to a 2-day chick. Certainly not all the stuff about calcium and dark to prevent laying, but even the bath feels like it might not be a good idea in such a small chick.

The bath in that article was to clean her feathers and the area back there, not applicable to your little one. Also they laid her on her back afterward to treat it, but chickens can’t breathe well in that position. I’d try to work from below, if you can.
Chicks grow so quickly, I hold out some hope that her vent could be okay long-term if kept in place as much as possible now.

 

[Perris]

Any thoughts on whether this is a good idea to try?

I've seen the vets on Yorkshire vet apply sugar for prolapses (and with the same explanation) in other animals, though not on a small chick, so I would try it.

 

[RoyalChick]

I've seen the vets on Yorkshire vet apply sugar for prolapses (and with the same explanation) in other animals, though not on a small chick, so I would try it.

I am sure as a kid I read about sugar in All Creatures Great and Small. So I went ahead and tried it.
Certainly no harm done.
I think it reduces a little and I did gently push it back in and held it.
But of course it popped right out again when she yelled at me.
The one part of her tiny little body I am confident is in full working order is her voice!
This morning she is still acting totally fine and the optimist in me says it is less prolapsed, but still definitely not normal.
I might try the sugar and push in again before bed tonight.

If anyone else has any ideas please share - I would love to be able to help her.

 

[Perris]

good luck with the little fluffball

How many did you hatch to add to your flock, and what are they?