I think my chick still has its umbilical cord/ membrane attached to it?? What is it??

[MageofMist]

I had a silkie chick that had that happen, it just dried up and later fell off sometime during the night. I kinda carried it around everywhere though instead of leaving the chick alone as it was the first one to hatch and kept crying for attention every time I put it down.

I thought it was a yolk sac at first, but it is the umbilical cord attached to the poop sac that is usually found on the pointy end of the egg.

 

[Farmgirl47]

I had a silkie chick that had that happen, it just dried up and later fell off sometime during the night. I kinda carried it around everywhere though instead of leaving the chick alone as it was the first one to hatch and kept crying for attention every time I put it down.

LOL, I am guilty of that too! Just with the weaker ones I try to hold off a little while longer.

 

[Farmgirl47]

Big feet and big feathers. When I processed my extra roos I was expecting 8 pound birds, what I got was 3.5-4 pound birds.

I have one Delaware hen and she seems like a pretty big girl, I was tempted to butcher her along with our other older hens, but now that you say that I am glad we didn't. Plus I like her... a lot.

 

[rjohns39]

Del hens are the sweetest of birds, roos on the other hand not so much.

 

[Chickassan]

I wish my delaware hen was nice, she's pretty but not so sweet. Named her mean Marlene after my mother in law.

 

[rjohns39]

I wish my delaware hen was nice, she's pretty but not so sweet. Named her mean Marlene after my mother in law.

LOL

 

[rjohns39]

Sorry Briana, we kind of hijacked your thread talking about del's. Keep us posted on its progress. I'm hoping for the best.