chick with blob attached

[susannaortiz1017]

I posted this on a new post, but maybe it should have been posted here where it will be seen quicker. I just had a chick hatch with the normal yellow slime, but on the back was a large blob of red tissue/blood. Since it hatched about an hour ago, the blob has shrunk - as if the water drained out of it, and now it looks mostly like a deflated red tissue sack connected by a strand to the chicks bottom. The chick still is moving around, but sleepy. Other chicks keep stepping on the blob and I wonder if it will pull off and bleed, or if it will dry more and just fall off? Does anybody know what it looks like, and if I should be concerned? Thanks! Only the 2nd batch of chicks hatched out so I'm still new at this.

 

[Stravager]

Any chance you can post a clearer picture? I'd try and tag Wyorp Rock but my tagging feature isn't working...

 

[susannaortiz1017]

 

[susannaortiz1017]

pretty ugly to me! I don't know how to tag...

 

[Stravager]

@Wyorp Rock @azygous
You @ and then their name. Looks like my tagging is back somehow...

 

[susannaortiz1017]

I tried to direct message Wyorp Rock and it said that Wyorp Rock has left this thread. Do I don't know what that means... I guess I wonder if I need to do anything with the chick? nobody has replied yet to my inquiry on the other post.

 

[Stravager]

I can't quite tell from the pictures. It could be a hernia/prolapse or it could be unabsorbed yolk. In either case, isolate the chick so it doesn't get stepped on by the others and if you have plain Neosporin (no pain killers) you can try keeping it moist to see if it absorbs further. In the event of a hernia sometimes you can (very gently!) push it back in. I would try looking up other threads for unabsorbed yolks and hernias.

 

[susannaortiz1017]

Thanks!