Newly hatched chick vent ruptured?????

[Pineconechick]

Hi there...I have a chick that hatched last night ( day 22) and it had a clicking noise when it was breathing but it now has something bloody dragging behind it. I feel awful for it but is walking around fine. It only just hatched so it hasn’t had any food or water yet. I can’t seem to get the darn picture to load but it’s about 2.5 to 3 inches long and bloody looking.

 

[Pineconechick]

Oh...I guess it loaded every time

 

[Pineconechick]

Sorry about the pine shavings...I thought the hatch was done and put them in all the brooders. It was newspaper in there.

 

[LadyCluck77]

Hi Pinecone Chick!

Can you turn her over and get a shot of her buthole area? (weird request, I know) I just want to see what's going on back there before advising what to do.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Can you get a picture of the "rupture"? Paper towels would be better instead of newspaper & shavings for the first week. Did it hatch on it's own or did you assist?

 

[LadyCluck77]

It might be the "umbilical cord" if she is freshly hatched- don't try to pull on it, whatever you do, and maybe put her in a box with an old towel instead of shavings for now.

 

[Pineconechick]

It hatched on its own but took all day...I noticed it unzipping around noon but didn’t get it open till about 10pm

 

[LadyCluck77]

Good job with the pictures! Thank you.
I think what we're looking at is unabsorbed umbilical cord. I would get her off of the pine shavings for right now and put her in a cup that she can't get out of. Then put her semi-under the heat lamp. It can take a bit more time to absorb and dry up, maybe a day more.

You want to go for a set-up sort of like this: (not my photo, but that's the idea, just without the egg.)

 

[BjaJra826]

Try gently washing the chips off it. I can't tell if it is umbilical or vent. It almost looks like a vent prolapse. If it is a prolapse, you could try to gently reverse the prolapse but this chick might nit make it.

 

[Pineconechick]

I just put an ord curtain in there instead of the shavings

I will try the cup thing! Thanks!