UMMMM is this what I think it is

[midnitesun]

Ok, I checked it. It is soft, and the poor baby hated it.. Every time I touched it, it did a little bounce as if in pain(I don't really blame it).. But I will see how it does in the morning and than decide what to do with it.. It will not go into my breeding group(but than again I want to get rid of all my roos and have just hens).

 

[midnitesun]

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Funny, my hubby said the same thing about the chick.

 

[midnitesun]

**UPDATE**

The little one made it through the night and has had it's 1st drink and food. It seems to be doing OK, so I will give it a chance.. I placed it with the other chicks and every one seems to be ok with it there.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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I wouldn't put that chick in with the others. They will kill it. They by nature go after anything red and instinct tells them to attack weaker/"not right" chicks. If you are going to try to save it you need to isolate and give it a stuffed animal or rolled up towel to cuddle with.

 

[Chickengal505]

Yes she needs to be by her/himself. My first thought would be to place a section of warm wet paper towel over it to act as skin? Then I read the "no way its the brain it's too big" post and relized I'm most likely wrong.

 

[silkiechicken]

Exencephaly is pretty common in chicks, most die way before they make it out to hatch though. It is a neural tube closure defect. I have had one too, who was actually worse than your's, but it could not pip so I found it when I opened eggs that did not hatch. It's brain is exposed... I would cull. It is a genetic defect, and even if it does survive, leaves the chick in a position where it can't really ever be a chicken. A pick to the head, walking into wire, or a bump on a feed dish could be disaster.

 

[OregonChickenGal]

Cull!!

 

[midnitesun]

I should've said "I put in with the other chicks(in it's on little cage)".

This is what I get for letting my husband do the typing when I'm getting ready to do morning chores..

The little guys is going down hill, so he will be "culled". I don't have a prooblem with it, but my husband does(but he's not here now, so I can do what's needed).

 

[BrattishTaz]

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I agree that culling is what is best. I'm sorry this happened.

 

[schellie69]

so sorry