Thank you for your replies though. If it happens again, I will have more Information. I really don’t understand why his skin was filling with air as he suffered no knocks and seems to be born like it. I did help him out the egg but was so so gentle, I barely touched him and he kicked out...
Please can anyone help with this? Why do you think he was born with this ruptured air sac and blood on his beak. It’s so sad and I really want to know if there’s anything I could have done differently. Sadly he died yesterday.
Here is a picture of the poor little buddy. I can’t get him to eat, he hardly opens his eyes. He was also born with that strange bit of blood on his beak, I remember seeing it when his beak was poking out of the egg, as well as the air sac. I thought it was odd at the time as I knew chicken skin...
Help! I have a chick that makes a clicking sound when he breathes. He is weak and is not interested in eating or drinking and just sits under the heat pad all day. He has a bubble above and around the wing near neck. Also clicking breathing. I think he was born with the air sac ruptured as I saw...
I have a chick like this, he has a bubble above and around the wing near neck. Also clicking breathing. I think he was born with it ruptured as I saw the bubble when he hatched. I have used a needle to burst the air bubble but it’s inflated 3 times already again and I’m afraid to keep doing it...