baby chick exposed intestines

[chookmad]

help just hatched 24 hrs my baby chick bleed from cord area and now it has opened and its intestines exposed.
Was going to irrigate area with saline and apply a patch or fixamol. Any suggestions. It is reasonably strong.

 

[mamaKate]

Poor thing! I've read that others stitched openings on adult birds. I don't know if it would work on a tiny one. Hopefully some of the experts will be chiming in with more help.

 

[chickenzoo]

I had one do that. I took a q-tip, coated it with beadine and the exposed intestines. I turned the chick on it's back. Using the q-tip I softly coaxed the intestines back in , a little at a time. I took a round band-aid and put over the area. I called her Bandy-butt, she lived until she was about a year old. I think she got cocci and passed. But she was a happy , healthy bird up until then.
Best wishes

 

[LittleChickenGirl2011]

im having the same problems... but i can get the darn bandaids to stick!

 

[nurse_turtle]

In my experience, I cull. A great majority of these chicks do not survive but a few days at best. I wish you luck. Make the decision you can live with and the right decision for you and the chick.

 

[spish]

hows the little chick doing now? if the band aid wont stick to the chick, try fastening it with another band aid on top or wrap a thin piece of bandage round the belly (but not too tight that it causes more problems, just tight enough to keep it in place)