Four day old chick, belly scab from unabsorbed yolk?

[WhoaItsAlly]

This poor little one started out weak and we haven't been sure it would make it. We still aren't frankly, the way it's been acting I keep expecting it to be gone when I check in on them all but it's still kicking! It spends most of the time just laying there but it is eating and drinking a little. What can I do to help this little love?

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC. I haven't had much luck with those. Is it pooping? If it's pooping, eating, drinking, and gaining weight, it might live.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I have had very good luck with chicks and ducklings that hatch with unabsorbed yolk by covering the scab after removing them from the incubator in original Neosporin daily until the scab has healed and dosing with Poultry Cell by Rooster Booster for the first week.