Chick emergency

CluckCluckChoo

In the Brooder
5 Years
Nov 26, 2014
40
1
26
California
Our hen was sitting on 4 eggs. This morning we found one dead, possibly due yo hatching difficulties and one very healthy chick. Just went back out and the hen was out of the box with the chick dying on the ground from a leg wound probably from.one of other chickens. I checked the box and found one just hatched but it has organ looking stuff hanging out of its backside. Its been moving and cheeping. We.brought it inside. Will it live?
 
Short answer? No - I'm sorry but it is almost certain to die. Is this a first time mother hen? It sounds like the chicks have been attacked by another chicken. If you do decide to let her hatch her own again, try to ensure she has a safe, quiet place of her own so the chicks cannot be cannibalized.
 

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