Emergency help! Chick bleeding prolapse vent

[wemimew]

Hi everyone,

It is 1 in the morning and hubby just woke me up because he could hear one of the chicks in the kitchen. I checked it out and it has a large prolapse that is bleeding so I am guessing the others have been pecking it. It is a 3 day old bantam

they all had clean butts before I went to bed, are eating and drinking ok and all seemed to be healthy. What can cause this?

do I have to quickly cull this chick? There is quite a bit of bleeding but it does seem to be slowing down now it is separated. Can I gently put this prolapse back in and see how it goes? If I do need to cull - how do I do this?

thank you for any help!

 

[Cupcake1243]

Could u put some picture son? It would help alot

 

[wemimew]

Could u put some picture son? It would help alot

I tried to get a photo but it can’t focus. It looks like a cylinder shape of red tissue hanging out where the vent should be - it’s about 1cm long. It is bleeding when it poops but seems to be slowing down from the corn starch. Any hopes for this one? Can this heal? Edited as I just managed to get it back in - but there was a big bit of tissue that wasn’t attached anymore - it doesn’t look good for this chick but it seems happy at the moment so I will see how it is in the morning.

 

[FluffyButtBabies]

You need to separate him out first. Don't let the tissue dry out, it needs to stay moist. Use some medicated Vaseline as a sort of lubricant, and gently try pushing the tissue back inside. You don't want to hurt it! It'll either go back in or not. Can you take it to a vet?

 

[Cupcake1243]

I tried to get a photo but it can’t focus. It looks like a cylinder shape of red tissue hanging out where the vent should be - it’s about 1cm long. It is bleeding when it poops but seems to be slowing down from the corn starch. Any hopes for this one? Can this heal? Edited as I just managed to get it back in - but there was a big bit of tissue that wasn’t attached anymore - it doesn’t look good for this chick but it seems happy at the moment so I will see how it is in the morning.

Sounds like a prolapsed and my hen had had it so i put her in a warm bath of water and an egg came out my its different with a chick...

 

[wemimew]

Thank you for your replies everyone. I had separated the chick, kept it lubricated and put the prolapse back in when it came out - but it passed away thismorning. I am questioning if the bleeding was from pecking or if something else was going on as when it tried to poop a lot of blood came out - even when the prolapse was outside and when it passed its abdomen was quite swollen. Poor little thing. I couldn’t get it to a vet in time - they still aren’t open for half an hour

 

[JDChickChat]

Thank you for your replies everyone. I had separated the chick, kept it lubricated and put the prolapse back in when it came out - but it passed away thismorning. I am questioning if the bleeding was from pecking or if something else was going on as when it tried to poop a lot of blood came out - even when the prolapse was outside and when it passed its abdomen was quite swollen. Poor little thing. I couldn’t get it to a vet in time - they still aren’t open for half an hour

I'm so sorry ❤