Prolapsed Chick... Why??

Bleenie

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One of my newly hatched chicks prolapsed what looked like ALL of it's insides. This isn't an emergency anymore, i decided right away to put it out of it's misery. But I would like to know if anyone knows what causes something like that to happen to a brand new chick??? It was fine, running around the brooder and i don't think it had even ate or drank yet. was actually a very healthy-looking baby, no umbilical problems or anything. everything had very obviously fallen out of it's vent though, it was just an open, empty hole when i found it. I did not take pictures because it was just THAT horrible.

But why did it happen?
 
Do you think maybe it was attacked? I've heard of grown chickens pecking on a bleeding chicken until it dies.
 

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