Help! My newly hatched baby chick has what looks like a hernia? What do I do?

[Storminight]

So she must have hatched in the middle of the night, she definitely hatched early. She is very active and chirping a lot but has this on her bottom. It’s just there and doesn’t seem to be receding. She is moving around, walking and drying off in incubator. She doesn’t seem in any distress that I can’t tell. There was like an umbilical cord thing in the end which was dried up and shriveled. I’m new to the chicken world and this is the first time we have hatched eggs. What do I do?

 

[Storminight]

Here are some pictures of the hernia. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[janiedoe]

Bumping your post. It may be a prolapse of the vent.

 

[Storminight]

Bumping your post. It may be a prolapse of the vent.

Ok what do I do for that?

 

[Storminight]

So she must have hatched in the middle of the night, she definitely hatched early. She is very active and chirping a lot but has this on her bottom. It’s just there and doesn’t seem to be receding. She is moving around, walking and drying off in incubator. She doesn’t seem in any distress that I can’t tell. There was like an umbilical cord thing in the end which was dried up and shriveled. I’m new to the chicken world and this is the first time we have hatched eggs. What do I do?

Update: it’s still not going down and she has not pooped at all yet. She is walking and chirping a lot.

 

[janiedoe]

Update: it’s still not going down and she has not pooped at all yet. She is walking and chirping a lot.

In this picture, it looks as if it is above her vent. Please keep updating your post. Someone will be along to help soon.

 

[FeatherTay]

That’s an unabsorbed yolk sac. It will be hard to keep her still but just leave her back in the incubator or a warm, clean place by herself. Hopefully she will absorb the yolk. In the mean time you can put triple antibiotic on it.

 

[sourland]

That’s an unabsorbed yolk sac. It will be hard to keep her still but just leave her back in the incubator or a warm, clean place by herself. Hopefully she will absorb the yolk. In the mean time you can put triple antibiotic on it.

This is what I would suggest.