Baby chick needs help - born with abnormality

[eayingling]

**Please do not look at photos if you have a weak stomach

Has anyone ever seen anything like this and will it be able to survive? This beautiful baby was just born yesterday. She's eating, drinking and getting around ok.

 

[Debbie292d]

I would put her back in the incubator for overnight. That way others won't pick on her and she can rest. She should be fine. She just needed to finish absorbing her yolk sac.

It should have gone down since the time you posted this even.

 

[eayingling]

I would put her back in the incubator for overnight. That way others won't pick on her and she can rest. She should be fine. She just needed to finish absorbing her yolk sac.

It should have gone down since the time you posted this even.

Thank you so much for the response!

She is separated from the others, but there hasn't been much change in the appearance since birth, except maybe the area drying up a little bit.
The teacher already put her in a box, so the incubator is gone. Will this impact the healing?

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you so much for the response!

She is separated from the others, but there hasn't been much change in the appearance since birth, except maybe the area drying up a little bit.
The teacher already put her in a box, so the incubator is gone. Will this impact the healing?

I am always hatching and here or there comes one with something awry, so I'm just used to putting them back in the incubator and the next day they're almost always fine. The extra heat and humidity is maybe what they needed for another 8-12 hours.

Since you don't have that option, can you put something like a thin coat of coconut oil, vaseline, or even neosporin (without painkiller) in it on there to keep it from drying out?

It's good she's eating, and especially drinking as that'll help her system kick in faster. It should absorb within a few hours or overnight.

 

[eayingling]

I am always hatching and here or there comes one with something awry, so I'm just used to putting them back in the incubator and the next day they're almost always fine. The extra heat and humidity is maybe what they needed for another 8-12 hours.

Since you don't have that option, can you put something like a thin coat of coconut oil, vaseline, or even neosporin (without painkiller) in it on there to keep it from drying out?

It's good she's eating, and especially drinking as that'll help her system kick in faster. It should absorb within a few hours or overnight.

Right now there's a flap of skin hanging down that is starting to dry out... do we want to prevent that from drying out?