3 hour old chick. Bleeding right at the Cord's beginning. Blood will not coagulate. Count down to fatality has begun. Any ideas?
Yes it hatched on it's own. Was not bleeding until it was in the brooder for an hour. I am at a loss for a solution. Thanks in advance
Yes it hatched on it's own. Was not bleeding until it was in the brooder for an hour. I am at a loss for a solution. Thanks in advance
The man unloaded them into the big pen we'd built from an abandoned pig shed and promptly left to deliver other FFA projects. Before the water trough had finished filling, one of the wild crazy animals launched himself into the wire fence, hooked a horn and ripped it off, blood flying everywhere from the pulpy flesh inside that hard covering. All four sheep are screaming and jumping around, bouncing off the wire and nearly breaking through the wood shed. I run to the phone to call our vet. He tells me to put alum on it to stop the bleeding. Five seconds later I am running around in the pen wearing my heels and pantyhose, clutching a tiny spice can and trying to sprinkle alum on this wild ram's head while blood sprays everywhere. Oh, and yes I am crying and my makeup is running, hairpins falling out, dress snagging and tearing on wire. Water trough is overflowing so mud hole starts forming, I'm able to wrestle the smelly thing to its knees long enough to rip the plastic cover off the spice tin WITH MY TEETH and dump its contents over top of his head. It appears to sting a bit and he throws his head hard into my chest, and I'm sure you've already guessed that I fell on my behind into the mud. The alum did stop the bleeding immediately. I'm hosing myself off next to the pen when baby bro rolls in. He looks at me, the pen of sheep, grins. "My lambs got here!" He strolls on into the house like nothing seems strange about me taking an outdoor hose shower in a torn dress and pumps. 
