Large irregular air sac?????? Help!!!!!!! Would like peoples thoughts on this.

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Congrats, on the two and good luck with #3. I am thoroughly impressed with what you have done with these eggs/chicks, lucky for them their eggs were in your incubator. As long as the chick is otherwise OK, it should be able to absorb the yolk sack, in the next day or so. You just don't want to put him back with the other chicks if he has something edible looking dangling from his back end :) Sometimes it looks like a piece of the yolk sack just remains on the outside when the chicks abdomen closes, it is not that uncommon, think a lot of times we don't see it because of the fluff. If there is just a little piece left it should just dry up and fall off, I get a couple of these a year and it never seems to hurt them. Like the link the person above gave, the mushy chick/yolk sack is a bacterial disease, so hopefully is not relevant to your chick. It's one big reason as to why we should clean incubators inbetween hatches and not set dirty eggs.
 
Kelsie2290 said:
Congrats, on the two and good luck with #3. I am thoroughly impressed with what you have done with these eggs/chicks, lucky for them their eggs were in your incubator. As long as the chick is otherwise OK, it should be able to absorb the yolk sack, in the next day or so. You just don't want to put him back with the other chicks if he has something edible looking dangling from his back end
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Sometimes it looks like a piece of the yolk sack just remains on the outside when the chicks abdomen closes, it is not that uncommon, think a lot of times we don't see it because of the fluff. If there is just a little piece left it should just dry up and fall off, I get a couple of these a year and it never seems to hurt them. Like the link the person above gave, the mushy chick/yolk sack is a bacterial disease, so hopefully is not relevant to your chick. It's one big reason as to why we should clean incubators inbetween hatches and not set dirty eggs.
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Thanks. I hope I can get this last little guy through. I wish there was a link I could go to that would show me how to care for it. I am doing my best but, I am really just guessing on what to do. Once the yolk is absorbed can I use something and tie the sac off if it doesn't fully absorb. Can I put iodine on it to help prevent infection?
 
I normally put the antibiotic ointment I use to assist hatches on the area. Dunno if it helps but it makes me feel better. I haven't lost any to mushy chick yet so I don't know if I have been helping any.
 
When I came to replace his napkins this morning more of his stuff had come out and there was yolk coming from him.
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I put him as snug as I could. The only thing I can think is with him trying to move he pushed it out. It is breaking my heart. He wants to get out and play with the others so bad but, he just can't there is to much hanging out. I know this is when I should put him down I don't think I can. I know people say you can push the stuff in but I just don't see how that is possible and if I did how would I get it to stay.
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By stuff, do you mean intestines? If so, then I would euthanize him, the odds on him making it are about none. If you just mean that the yolk sack ruptured and he is leaking yolk and the umbilical cords and veins are dangling, as long as he is still alert I would try to keep him calm and give him more time... check the Hatching 101 link again, near the bottom there are pictures of chicks with these problems ... maybe you can figure out exactly what is going on with him?
 

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