Mrsyoung2018

In the Brooder
May 4, 2020
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Hello all! I am a first time chicken tender. We got our day old chicks last Wednesday (they shipped Monday). We got 6 but 2 died in shipping so only have 4 now. So they are a week old now. I have one that came with her umbilical cord still on...she was a little more lethargic then the others too and kind of does her own thing - we named her Helen. I trimmed it a hair so the others would peck it and was told it would fall off in a couple days. Helen has since perked up. She still does her own thing. I did the save a chick electrolyte and probiotics for two days and then switched to regular water with a dash of ACV.

Helens umbilical cord still hasn’t fallen off and is still on this morning. It is dried up and doesn’t seem to bother her. I don’t see anyone peeking it.

Helen is prone to pasty butt as well (as was our other barred rock chick Harriet). I’ve had to wash her bum 3 times.

My 2 Rhode Island reds have been thriving. Neither have had pasty butt.

Should I be worried? What is going on with Helen - is there anything more I can do? Don’t think it has to do with the brooder since the rhode islands are fine. Is it bad for the umbilical cord to
not fall off yet?

Thanks!

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I would leave the cord alone, it will fall off in due time.

How warm is your brooder?

Im using a brooder plate. I just raised it a hair since they are a week old so 90 degrees. Room
Temp is about 60 in my basement. I use an infrared thermometer to take the temp 3x a day.
 
I am completely new to chickens so take this with a grain of salt . But our red star chick, or what I think is a red star, had her umbilical cord for over a week before it fell off.

Oh, that makes me feel better! I feel like everything I read says a couple days so I was getting worried.
 

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