chick hatched with huge belly - DOING GREAT THIS MORNING!!

[dkluzier]

Had a chick that just hatched and its belly is very swollen, looks like it has an egg inside of it. Doesn't seem to be in distress from it and continues to try to get up and move. Should I just wait and see if it corrects itself, keeping it separate from the others???

 

[sonew123]

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It sounds just like a huge yolk sac it absorbed before hatching-some are larger than others I think it will be fine no need to seperate. That fattness will go down after a few big poopers

 

[Mahonri]

It will be fine.

It's not pregnant.
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(Sorry, I just have to write off the wall comments once in a while to see if you all are awake.)

 

[sonew123]

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[al6517]

Yeah it will be fine they are born with pot belly's, it's the yolk they absorb during hatching that insures they survive.

AL