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    "Inflated" chest in ISA chick

    Thank you for all the good suggestions and input! I can't really say there's a difference at various points in the day, it seems to be pretty much the same throughout. I'll try keeping some accurate records and measure her though, that would definitely be an important observation to make. The...
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    "Inflated" chest in ISA chick

    Haha, thanks for the bumps. Yep, the local vet doesn't know either. He just recommended keeping her separated and contacting him if the symptoms get worse... My vet is less than a mile down the road from us, but there is another vet on the other side of town I'm thinking about talking with, he...
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    "Inflated" chest in ISA chick

    This is a repost from a while back, I went back 30 pages and couldn't find the old topic so I wanted to see if there would be anymore insight I could get on this situation. I've asked around and even contacted the vet about this, but so far no one has been able to help me figure out what's...
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    Chick with inflated chest?

    Not a whole lot to report, but since I couldn't get a hold of the vet personally, my step-dad found a way to talk to him and he didn't have much to say either. Since the bird's breathing is fine and there's no discharge or sneezing/coughing, he just said to keep her isolated. My step-brother who...
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    Chick with inflated chest?

    @Lacrystol I will try a little massage, thanks. I'm not entirely sure it's a crop issue though. Since she is eating and drinking normally and passing regularly without difficulty, she's getting nutrition and digesting. As a just in case measure though I did get some vegetable oil down with an...
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    Chick with inflated chest?

    I have a five week old Isa brown chick with some strange symptoms that I can't seem to match with anything I'm finding via Google. The best I can describe is it's as if she has a balloon inflated in her chest, though I don't know if it's air or fluid, my best guess would be that it is just air...
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