Deformed chick

[Lucasstricker]

This chick just hatched a day late and I was not able to capture it's face but the face is a bit deformed as well. Will it survive or should I put it out of it's misery.

 

[casportpony]

Is that the yolk sac I see? Can you post a picture of the face?

 

[Chickengirl2671]

This chick just hatched a day late and I was not able to capture it's face but the face is a bit deformed as well. Will it survive or should I put it out of it's misery.

that is the yolk. it hasn't been absorbed yet.

 

[Lucasstricker]

that is the yolk. it hasn't been absorbed yet.

So it will absorb?

 

[Chickengirl2671]

So it will absorb?

Yes, but it might take a day or two to fully absorb.

 

[Lucasstricker]

Yes, but it might take a day or two to fully absorb.

Okay I just checked on it and it's bleeding.

 

[Lucasstricker]

Is that the yolk sac I see? Can you post a picture of the face?

I couldn't take a picture it's hard to tell but it's entire left eye socket is bulging

 

[casportpony]

So it will absorb?

When I have one that big it does not absorb.

 

[NatJ]

or should I put it out of it's misery.

That might be best, considering the yolk sac and the bleeding and the deformed face.

When a chick has several things visibly wrong, it is fairly common for them to have internal deformities too.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Never an easy decision