Dec 18, 2014 #1 stephross In the Brooder 5 Years Sep 30, 2014 33 0 34 Cancun,Mexico I'm worried about my little chick it doesn't seem sick but there is an air sac need its chest! How do I treat it ): Last edited: Dec 18, 2014
I'm worried about my little chick it doesn't seem sick but there is an air sac need its chest! How do I treat it ):
Dec 18, 2014 #2 Eggcessive Wrangler Premium Feather Member 13 Years Apr 3, 2011 75,472 73,955 1,502 southern Ohio Can you tell if that is the crop, where food is stored until it moves on through the digestive tract? The crop is on the chick's upper right chest below the neck. They are usually prominent and easy to see in chicks as they fill up with food and water. If injured, air sacs can leak forming a soft balloon-like bulge. Here is a link about that: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/223/subcutaneous-emphysema http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin1339.pdf Last edited: Dec 18, 2014
Can you tell if that is the crop, where food is stored until it moves on through the digestive tract? The crop is on the chick's upper right chest below the neck. They are usually prominent and easy to see in chicks as they fill up with food and water. If injured, air sacs can leak forming a soft balloon-like bulge. Here is a link about that: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/223/subcutaneous-emphysema http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin1339.pdf
Apr 6, 2015 Thread starter #3 stephross In the Brooder 5 Years Sep 30, 2014 33 0 34 Cancun,Mexico Thank you to everyone who helped me sort out what was happening to my chick! luckily it was nothing and what seemed to be an air filled sac disappeared a few days later.I got a bit scared as these are my first chickens hatched! Steph
Thank you to everyone who helped me sort out what was happening to my chick! luckily it was nothing and what seemed to be an air filled sac disappeared a few days later.I got a bit scared as these are my first chickens hatched! Steph