Concerned

[ritzychickens]

I have a baby chick born with a ball type thing which appears to be attached to his lower stomach just above where she poos. Another of my hatches had a similar thing but it finally went away. This one seems bigger. Any ideas?

 

[auroaSfarm]

Could be a tumor from Marek's disease if I had to guess anything

 

[Miss717]

ritzychickens you might have to redo your picture. It is not attached to your post. You can post a picture by clicking on the mountain looking link above where you type or the upload a file link below where you type.

 

[ritzychickens]

Hopefully this works. Miss717 I'm not thinking its Marek's because the other six are all fine. I'm hoping it isn't that. And thanks for the pic info, still learning this site.

 

[Miss717]

I don't know much about Marek's that was actually someone else that suggested that. However the picture is kind of blurry. If you have the very first picture you posted on your conversation with Pyxis and me that was a good picture. Sorry don't mean to be a pain.

 

[Miss717]

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[casportpony]

Hopefully this works. Miss717 I'm not thinking its Marek's because the other six are all fine. I'm hoping it isn't that. And thanks for the pic info, still learning this site.

Welcome to BYC! Too young for Marek's. To m it looks like their yolks didn't absorb properly. Whatever you do, do not pick at it!

Does it look like either of these? Vent is where they poop, umbilicus is where the yolk goes.

Circle is umbilicus, arrow is vent

 

[Ravynscroft]

Clearer pic would help...

Marek's is a very wild guess from a just hatched chick... most likely a hatching issue at that age, need to see clear to tell what though...

 

[Miss717]

Here are a couple pics ritzychickens had posted in a conversation. Sorry ritzychickens not trying to take over your thread. Just trying to help.

 

[Kiki]

It's the unabsorbed yolk.
Not Marek's.
Put some newsprint on it and keep and eye on it, make sure the other chicks don't peck it.

Newsprint = Autocorrect for NEOSPORIN.