Newborn chick is sticky , has yellow wormy thing sticking out of protruding bald tummy!

[PandorasBox]

Hi, new here. But I have an emergency. Found a chick under one of my hens (detected a funky smell) I picked her up to bring her in and she STUCK to my hand. She was all dry and fluffy so I turned her over and there is blood and a protruding rounded belly and a long yellow squiggly thing hanging from the middle of her underside.
I panicked and put her under the heat lamp with the other 2 and 3 day old peeps, she is acting normally but now I realize the food and pine shavings are STUCK to her!
Can i rinse her? will she live? can I do anything? Please advise. Thank you

 

[RonC]

You can rinse her off with warm water but I wouldn't pull the yellow off. It's probably some of the yolk that wasn't absorbed before hatching. It should go away on its own in a couple of days if that's what it is.

 

[PandorasBox]

Well, my little Rita Rose held on a few days- but Friday she died in the palm of my hand, directly after my daughters got off the bus..Noticed after my post just how mal-formed she was. Long legs almost no torso, unable to lie down. But she tried so hard to live. Heartbreaking

 

[alyson95]

I'm sorry for your loss but it sounds to me that she had a umbilical hernia which cannot be fixed.

 

[PandorasBox]

Thank you, Alyson95.