Please please help

[Lissahunni]

Hi there. I am a new mommy to about 20 new chicks born Saturday. All incubated at 99.5 and 67% humidity on lockdown. One of my chicks got a prolapse overnight. I have gone ahead and separated it from the others but any suggestions to help this poor innocent baby would really be helpful. I have put some vasiline on it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is the material coming from the navel (umbilicus) or the vent?

 

[Lissahunni]

Looks to me like the vent

 

[Eggcessive]

If it is a prolapse, it looks larger than most which most could survive. I would keep it moist with plain neosporin ointment. Sorry about your chick, but hatching chicks at home comes with a few possible problems.

 

[Lissahunni]

If it is a prolapse, it looks larger than most which most could survive. I would keep it moist with plain neosporin ointment. Sorry about your chick, but hatching chicks at home comes with a few possible problems.

Tha k you feel so bad