HELP!!!!!! URGENT

[Sannah15]

Hi. I have a 4 day old chick who struggles with walking, I assumed it was splay leg but I have noticed today that there is something attached to his leg. I can't figure it out. Here a picture of it. https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/yD2SwiJmLwPC

 

[azygous]

Try clicking on the paper clip in the reply window that says "attach files". That will open your computer files. Then select the file on your computer where your photos are. Then click on the photo you wish share. Click "open".

It will show up in the window. Next click on "Insert" at the top of the photo, then click on "full image". Then click "post reply". That will post a photo here that we can see and zoom in on to see details.

 

[Kiki]

If on a phone click the attach files button with the paper clip just below this box you type a message in.

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[sourland]

Sorry for the problem. Is it possibly the dried umbilicus?

 

[Matzo]

If you look closely, do you see a small hole also? It looks like it could be a bot fly larvae.

 

[Sannah15]

I damped the area and now it's leaking? But the chick is so active and now is running around....

 

[Matzo]

If it also smells really bad, it is an abscess or infection. Flush the area with hydrogen peroxide or betadine and check several times a day. Isolate the chick and give it clean bedding.

Cover the vent with gauze or cloth to prevent any disinfectant from entering the vent area.

 

[azygous]

The photos are fine, but could you try to describe precisely where on the leg or butt this red protrusion is erupting from?

Is it hanging from the upper leg, or is it hanging from the vent, or is it attached to the chick's butt just below the vent?

 

[Sannah15]

The photos are fine, but could you try to describe precisely where on the leg or butt this red protrusion is erupting from?

Is it hanging from the upper leg, or is it hanging from the vent, or is it attached to the chick's butt just below the vent?

It is attached to the upper leg not coming from the butt and the liquid has now hardened around the chick. The chick seems more relaxed but how do I get rid of whatever the hardene

 

[Sannah15]

If it also smells really bad, it is an abscess or infection. Flush the area with hydrogen peroxide or betadine and check several times a day. Isolate the chick and give it clean bedding.

Cover the vent with gauze or cloth to prevent any disinfectant from entering the vent area.

Thanks but it doesn't really smell.