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Here is a diagram of the location of air sacs in birds, and chickens are similar. Any bumping or trauma can cause a leaking or ruptured air sac. I would just watch it, and hopefully, there won’t be a need to needle it. If you have the time, it would be good to shop for a few 10 ml syringes with...

Here is another video of a chicken, and please clean the skin with disinfectant if doing this:

How is the chick acting? Is he breathing okay or struggling? If he is not in any danger, I would leave it alone, and it should be re-absorded by the body. If he is having problems breathing, or it gets very large, you can stick a sterilized needle into the bubble and push out or withdraw the air...

That is probably a ruptured air sac or subcutaneous emphysema, and can be similar to a person having a collapsed lung.