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Umbilical cord help

ChickMamaInProgress

In the Brooder
Apr 18, 2022
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Hatching was going great with multiple births until yesterday at 4pm a chick was pipping and tonight at 9pm seemed stuck in the shell and not making further progress (I believe from shrink-wrap) so I assisted the chick after researching how and now the chick has what looks like a thick cord trailing from its umbilical cord. It bled for a couple minutes but has stopped. Chick is still moving around and peeping off and on but Im worried he/she is hurting or wont make it.
Thanks for all your help and guidance so far! 😁
 

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Tonight my son and I bathed our little survivor who I had to help hatch a couple nights ago due to being shrink wrapped. He/she had some egg yolk sticking to his/her back and keeping the feathers clumped together which made the wings not movable. Some said he/she wouldn't make it due to some complications with her umbilical cord. Perhaps he/she still may pass but he/she enjoyed every bit of that warm bath and TLC we gave him/her. He/she is a fighter and currently in the brooder box with the siblings who hatched on their own. So far our survivor is eating, drinking, snuggling, and peeping away with what I'd like to think are happy sounds. 😊 It's safe to say we've done as much as we could for this little one and pray he/she will keep getting stronger 💪❤️🙏 #chickmama ✔️
 

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I just wanted to update everyone that the chick that struggled to come out while pipping and I helped out after over 25 hours of trying, is doing great! I've decided to call him/her Mumble after the penguin in Happy Feet because while walking for the first few days he/she had super quick and clumsy feet like Mumble in the movie. Also the face kind of looks like Mumble too 😁 Mumble is the smaller one of the 2 dark chick's.
 

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I just wanted to update everyone that the chick that struggled to come out while pipping and I helped out after over 25 hours of trying, is doing great! I've decided to call him/her Mumble after the penguin in Happy Feet because while walking for the first few days he/she had super quick and clumsy feet like Mumble in the movie. Also the face kind of looks like Mumble too 😁 Mumble is the smaller one of the 2 dark chick's.
Glad to hear he/she is doing great!
 

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