Advice on chick's belly button

[Skyle]

Hi, I was now checking the chicks for pasty butts and I noticed a chick has a strange belly button. It's swollen and has some white points, which are harder. Checking better I think to see it's like she can't open her vent like normal. She did't had pasty butt (I never had chicks whith it), only a little bit of white fresh poop which was on the sides of the vent, which I cleaned immediately. I never noticed nothing since she is active and doesn't seem in pain, so I never tought I had any sick chicks. (They're 3/4 days old) What can it be? An infection? An internally blocked vent?

 

[Skyle]

In case it is an infection, I have some liquid Betadine (povidon iodine, 10% iodine, I hope I spelled it correctly). Could that help?

 

[therandomhatcher]

I would keep it clean and give it a 1 tablespoon of ACV to a gallon of water ratio. You can use the same waterer as the other chicks, it won't hurt them. If you put the povidon iodine stuff in the water, I don't know enough information on if it will hurt the other chicks or not. Hope that helps.

 

[therandomhatcher]

In case I am looking at that wrong, if that is the belly button, still add ACV but don't clean it. If you irritate the belly button too much in a young chick, it could disembowel the innards, which is a lot more tricky to fix (not sure you can fix it) than most infections. That is if it is the belly button and not the vent

 

[Skyle]

Thank you for the help. I didn't meant to put the betadine in the water, but on the navel, if it's infected

 

[Skyle]

In case I am looking at that wrong, if that is the belly button, still add ACV but don't clean it. If you irritate the belly button too much in a young chick, it could disembowel the innards, which is a lot more tricky to fix (not sure you can fix it) than most infections. That is if it is the belly button and not the vent

Yes, that's the belly button, the vent looks ok. Thank you

 

[MysteryChicken]

Did you blow on the vent to see if it functions normally?

 

[MysteryChicken]

The bellybutton possibly has a small infection in it.

 

[Skyle]

Did you blow on the vent to see if it functions normally?

I didn't thought about it. Thank you! I tried right now and looks perfectly normal. She made a tiny white and sticky liquid poop though (when I was holding her on my lap, before the blowing).

 

[Skyle]

The bellybutton possibly has a small infection in it.

Do you know how can I treat it?