Baby chick protrusions

[Barb Root Hinkkanen]

Please help. Can I save this baby? She’s several hours old.

 

[nuthatched]

That's awful dark to be the yolk sack. I'm not sure if you can do anything

 

[SourRoses]

After the chick hatches they often need to lay for a while with part of the shell still attached while the fluids move to the chick and the umbilical closes.
It can seem like they're in distress so helping hands can itch to remove the attached shell. An obstacle could cause it to get stuck. In either case the results of a torn umbilical are fatal as the chick loses too much blood. I'm sorry.

 

[Barb Root Hinkkanen]

After the chick hatches they often need to lay for a while with part of the shell still attached while the fluids move to the chick and the umbilical closes.
It can seem like they're in distress so helping hands can itch to remove the attached shell. An obstacle could cause it to get stuck. In either case the results of a torn umbilical are fatal as the chick loses too much blood. I'm sorry.

Thank you. I guess I knew that. She’s not in any distress. I cannot cull her. As long as she is not hurting, I will let nature take its course.

 

[Barb Root Hinkkanen]

Please help. Can I save this baby? She’s several hours old.

She did not survive.