Hard protruding bottom on my EE chick... scab... is there any hope?

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Hmmm, very bizarre, I've never seen that before! Glad to hear her wound appears to be healing. I could be totally wrong about this, and someone on the incubating/hatching thread may know more, but that might be where she was connected to the yolk sack, which may not of closed up correctly at first. Again, I have no idea, but I've heard that can be an issue.

 

[Mrs. Green Thumbs]

I was thinking the same thing... what if it's internal organ or her umbilical cord... like an infected hernia.... A local chicken lady advised me to remove the scab or cut open the pocket of puss to remove the infection. She say's Jasmins little kidney's can't handle the infection.

 

[awyrwicki]

Have you started an antibiotic yet? I had a chick that had a similar looking scab only mine was worse and he died hours after birth. I'm thinking mine had Omphalitis. I just started the antibiotic on another one this morning and sprayed bactine on it.

 

[Mrs. Green Thumbs]

awywicki - yes I started the antibiotics in the 1 leter watterer. the guy at the store said only a pinch so that's what I put in. I started her around 5 or 6 yesterday after noon. I noticed the scab on sunday night. She is still active, pooping, eating, drinking, flapping her wings, not much into the running... I think she's in a good deal of pain when she has to run or is stepped on by her flock mates. Some times I can hear a change in her voice when she's in what I think is pain. It's only happened in the last day or so.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I am thinking she has an infected navel - I do not know how to treat - might do a search (use the search above your logged in name) for infected navel.

How is she doing?

 

[Mrs. Green Thumbs]

Well she's still here. She actually is more active than ever... her wound is healing up and the over all size of the lump seems to have gone down a tiny bit. All in all she seems to be doing much better. She sat on my hand yesterday for a while and talked to me while the other girls fought for a worm. I'll keep you guy's updated.

 

[<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3]

to clean her butt, rinse it off and but vasilene around her vent. Don't put her back with the others until her butt is dry.

 

[Mrs. Green Thumbs]

why vasiline on her vent? Her vent is perfectly fine.... the scab is nearer where her umbilical cord was. Does the vasiline help her for some reason?

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Glad to hear she is doing well.

<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3 :

to clean her butt, rinse it off and but vasilene around her vent. Don't put her back with the others until her butt is dry.

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[Mrs. Green Thumbs]

lol horsefeatherznv I think they missunderstood what the topic was about

Happens to the best of us.