Please Advise!! Major SOS

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

I was referred here by @cherrynberry for help

This was my first hatch - this little one has part of his intestines outside. It’s the only one with this condition and I have no clue what to do. They are coming out of the incubator in a few hours with a brooder ready. I don’t think this little one is going to make it and it’s breaking my heart.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

I was referred here by @cherrynberry for help

This was my first hatch - this little one has part of his intestines outside. It’s the only one with this condition and I have no clue what to do. They are coming out of the incubator in a few hours with a brooder ready. I don’t think this little one is going to make it and it’s breaking my heart.

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Unfortunately there isn't a lot that can be done when this happens. Once organs are outside the chicks body they are at a really high risk of contamination, so pushing it back in can cause sepsis.

I'll tag a few users. So sorry about your little one.

@Miss Lydia
@azygous

 

[raingarden]

Are you sure it is not the connection to the membrane and yolk? The chicken version of an umbilical? If so, it will dry up and fall off in a few days.

 

[Lizzy733]

Betadine or other antibiotic cream 'without pain relief' can be applied to the navel. If it is actively bleeding, a styptic powder can help (google styptic powder for what you might have handy at home as lots of things can be used to stop bloodflow). Is it really organs, or unabsorbed yolk? Some are so eager to pop they do so too early. Usually bleeding is the issue.

If it is indeed organs, probably best to cull than have it suffer as it will likely pass on its own anyway.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Probably best to cull.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Probably best to cull.

I agree

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Unfortunately there isn't a lot that can be done when this happens. Once organs are outside the chicks body they are at a really high risk of contamination, so pushing it back in can cause sepsis.

I'll tag a few users. So sorry about your little one.

@Miss Lydia
@azygous

Thank you, I’ll keep an eye on it and won’t attempt anything extreme.

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Unfortunately there isn't a lot that can be done when this happens. Once organs are outside the chicks body they are at a really high risk of contamination, so pushing it back in can cause sepsis.

I'll tag a few users. So sorry about your little one.

@Miss Lydia
@azygous

Thank you. I’ll keep and eye on it and won’t do anything extreme.

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Betadine or other antibiotic cream 'without pain relief' can be applied to the navel. If it is actively bleeding, a styptic powder can help (google styptic powder for what you might have handy at home as lots of things can be used to stop bloodflow). Is it really organs, or unabsorbed yolk? Some are so eager to pop they do so too early. Usually bleeding is the issue.

If it is indeed organs, probably best to cull than have it suffer as it will likely pass on its own anyway.

I was told it was the umbillical cord. But I swear it lookes like intestines. And yes, this one was the first to pip, and then took forever to hatch.

 

[CountrifiedCoturnix]

Probably best to cull.

I was thinking that last night, but was hoping I was wrong. I know how to cull and butcher an adult - is it the same for the chick? (Minus the butchering)