2 week old chick has VERY red butt and is pecking at it

[SireniaSolaris]

keep the brooder clean, can you get some vetericyn or blue kote spray?

I'm not sure. Do you get those from the drug store? All I currently have is bacitracin.

Actually, does anyone have pictures of the different things that can be hanging from the butt area in a New chick? I have two with the small red spot and one with a rounded mass about a centimeter in diameter. I've read about there being umbilical cords, last bits of yolk sacks not yet absorbed, organs on the outside, prolapse, and really I'm not sure how to identify the difference without a picture. Can anyone help?

 

[subhanalah]

I don't have anything on hand, but you can use the "search" function here on BYC and hopefully come up with something.

Vetericyn is sold at petco and TSC. Blue kote is also at the feed stores.

 

[SireniaSolaris]

This is the first chick with something unusual near the butt. As you can see it isn't very large but it is off to the right side. What might this be on chick #1?

This is chick #2 with what looks like an open belly!? Should I keep him in the incubator (very wet in there) or should I move him to the brooder box to dry off and do I need to treat this at all?

This is chick #3 that has me really worried. This is quite a large bulge of mess and this actually drips a weird greenish brown ooze. The chick itself is moving around okay and alternating between walking and napping with the rest of the chicks. I'm REALLY hoping it is a yolk sack that hasn't absorbed all the way. Does anyone know? Is there anything I can do to help?

 

[subhanalah]

I would leave the first two alone, and either cull the last one or tie it off with dental Floss near the chick's body and cut off the excess. I'm not a vet though, so I can't guarantee the outcome would be good.

 

[SireniaSolaris]

I definitely want to try to save it if possible. I would cull it if it seemed weak or in pain but since it is acting healthy and happy I don't want to kill a chick that might be okay. The dental floss/cutting it scares me @_@ What if that makes a serious bleed?

Arghh. Any second/third/fourth opinions? Should I try the dental floss on the last one?

 

[GOLDENSEABRIGHT]

I would leave the first two alone, and either cull the last one or tie it off with dental Floss near the chick's body and cut off the excess. I'm not a vet though, so I can't guarantee the outcome would be good.

that's what I would do but im not a vet either

 

[subhanalah]

It is what you do for babies who are still connected to their umbilical cord. Be sure to tie it very tight. It should stop the bleeding if you tie it tight.

 

[subhanalah]

@Lacrystolwhat do you think?

 

[GOLDENSEABRIGHT]

if you tie it tight enough, it will stop the blood flow to it and it should fall off.

 

[enola]

Agreed

Raising chickens is one of the most rewarding and fun.......maddning, frustrating, and down right depressing hobby ever invented. And I've been doing it for over 30 years!

On the note of the prolapse, if you were able to treat it I wouldn't necessarily say it will prolapse at an adult, they have a lot of growning and structural changes that go on durring that 16 weeks. That being said, I euthanize anything with any defects at all....I raise a lot of birds.

I agree with this philosophy. I raise my own breeding stock. Anything with defects gets culled. Illness also results in culling.