One of my chicks smells BAD over night!

[Megan Rule]

Hey y’all! So I hatched some chicks using my incubator, all has been well except for one chick! The chick is about a week and a half old and she had been fine. I go to sleep and wake up and her leg is fully extended out like she can’t keep it close to her, also she has a really foul odor coming off of her!!! She’s still eating and drinking! HELP!!!!

 

[HappyClucker7]

Does she have feces covering her vent? If she does, then she has something called pasty butt which can be deadly to chicks. It is extremely important that you clean her vent with warm water until all the feces is gone. Be sure to dry her very well afterwards as well.

 

[Megan Rule]

No she does not, she’s clean around the vent I checked that!