Baby chick with hole near butt with thread coming out

[janna cochrane]

Hello, I'm trying to help my sisters baby chick who is only a day old. It has what appears to be a small incision/slit toward the abdomen near it's butt. It appears to have a thread coming out of it. Does anyone know hat is happening here? It is very unwell, struggling to swallow.
Any help would be appreciated

 

[Ravynscroft]

That is where the chick was attached to the albumen... kinda their version of our umbilical cords... is it dry or bloody? Is it long enough for it to trip on or get caught on things?

 

[janna cochrane]

Oh wow, thank you so much, that is a relief, so this is not the cause of it's unwell ness then. We are feeding it water drops off the finger and some bits of scrambled egg. It does eat, but struggles to swallow.
It's very wobbly , do you have any other tips which would be helpful?

 

[Ravynscroft]

As long as that spot isn't bloody or inflamed, no... just don't pull on it, trim if it's too long... don't worry about food so much as water for the first couple days... or try some plain yogurt... at 1 day, water is most critical... vitamin drops without Iron in the water would help, or if you can get to a feed store Nutri-drench vitamins and SaveAChick and Probiotic powder mixed in water... plain yogurt will work in a pinch... biggest thing is to keep it warm and drinking fluids... hope this helps...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Oh, and the first day they are all very wobbly... should get it's balance better after first 24hrs... and will sleep a LOT... and they sleep like they're dead, lol... they will fall flat out and sprawled but that is normal... breaking out of that shell is long hard work and takes a lot outta them, give it time to recover, they're just like newborn babies...

 

[ChickyChickens]

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[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

RavynFallen has given you some excellent advise. Keep this little one separate and make sure she stays hydrated. Yogurt is an excellent food to offer her. Even some warmed chopped hard boiled egg will help if she is hungry. In a couple days the umbilical cord will dry up and fall off on it's own.

Good luck with the little baby and welcome to our flock!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with the chick!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

I'm glad you joined us.

You've received some good advice already. Good luck with the chick!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

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