Help! Vein attached to belly button (Recently hatched chick)

[wafflesalt]

There is a thin line of vein attached to the belly button and chick is struggling to move.
Do I cut it?

 

[SmiYa0126]

There is a thin line of vein attached to the belly button and chick is struggling to move.
Do I cut it?
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@wafflesalt Hi! No don't cut anything. @007Sean tagging a quail expert here.

 

[wafflesalt]

@wafflesalt Hi! No don't cut anything. @007Sean tagging a quail expert here.

Alright! The chick is pushing it's feet against the tip of the shell, I'm afraid it's going to deattach and bleed. The chick is cheeping for it's friends, they are in te brooder.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Alright! The chick is pushing it's feet against the tip of the shell, I'm afraid it's going to deattach and bleed. The chick is cheeping for it's friends, they are in te brooder.

@wafflesalt wait until chick is dry, the vein should dry by that point. It looks like chick is freshly hatched?

Also, congratulations on the babies!

 

[BelovedBirds]

There is a thin line of vein attached to the belly button and chick is struggling to move.
Do I cut it?
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That looks and sounds like the umbilical cord, wait for it to dry out, thin and go brown, then it can be cut (as close to the egg as possible) if need be. If you cut it now, it will bleed a lot and could become infected. So don't attempt this. If the chick is damaging its naval by trying to move around and pulling on the cord- then we may need to find a way to prevent the chick moving around too much. But for now it will likely be okay as is. The cord will dry out very quickly

 

[wafflesalt]

@wafflesalt wait until chick is dry, the vein should dry by that point. It looks like chick is freshly hatched?

Also, congratulations on the babies!

Thanks! Yep! The chick has now been out since about 3-5 hours, cord looks thin, but a bit wet as well? The shell egg is completely dry and a bit crusty, (easy to crush) I'll attach a photo

 

[wafflesalt]

That looks and sounds like the umbilical cord, wait for it to dry out, thin and go brown, then it can be cut (as close to the egg as possible) if need be. If you cut it now, it will bleed a lot and could become infected. So don't attempt this. If the chick is damaging its naval by trying to move around and pulling on the cord- then we may need to find a way to prevent the chick moving around too much. But for now it will likely be okay as is. The cord will dry out very quickly

I think so too, the chick is dry, so is the egg, but I'm not too sure about the vein, I'll attach a photo

 

[wafflesalt]

I chipped away some of the egg shell because the chick was struggling so much, sorry you can't get a clear view of the vein, pretty bad pic

 

[BelovedBirds]

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I chipped away some of the egg shell because the chick was struggling so much, sorry you can't get a clear view of the vein, pretty bad pic

Could you perhaps get another photo so we can see the vein more clearly?
Good idea with removing some of the shell, but you'll still need to be careful, if the chick runs around it may step on the attached membrane

 

[AlexJordan]

You should contact a medical professional.