Chick w/ unabsorbed egg sac??

[Dutchgirl]

In all the six years we've been raising chickens, I've never seen anything like this. My sister came to show me a newly hatched chick which was in her hand, and it... pooped. So she says. But it seemed to have pooped a dark-red pile of goo, which we can only guess is the unabsorbed egg sac?

I looked on another thread where someone had something similar to this happen and everyone said it was okay. But is this normal?

Thank you (and I know this is a gross thread

)!!!!

 

[JodyJo]

http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

someone posted this the other day, maybe it will help you

 

[Dutchgirl]

Thank you, the closest one I could find was because of Coccidiosis

But I believe those are for chickens. This could possibly be unabsorbed egg sac (?).

 

[JodyJo]

I don't know...mine aren't laying yet, and I am a newbie..could be? Maybe someone else will see your post and help out!

 

[Dutchgirl]

Anyone?

 

[Dutchgirl]

Here's photo, not very good, since it was taken w/ my webcam.

 

[pips&peeps]

That is the intestines and they are not coming out of the rectum. It is coming out of the navel. I think the chick was squeezed a bit.....

It's "butt" would be up closer to your index finger. You need to put this chick down as it will suffer and die over the next few hours.

 

[Dutchgirl]

 

[JodyJo]

so sorry.....

 

[Jerseycoop]

So sorry