air sacs

  1. theroosternamedrooster

    Air bubbles trapped in chest? See video and attached X-rays

    He has been having issues breathing at night, he’s fine during the day. It has seemed as though he has been having what I can only describe as sleep apnea. What could be going on? The exotic animal vet I went to seems to be pretty clueless about chickens. I’m in Los Angeles and somehow chicken...
  2. patienceprudencecharity

    Neck-breathing in an older Welsummer hen

    All, I’ve never seen this before in lots of years with hens. Our Welsummer hen is noticeably breathing using muscles in the neck/?? not sure, but I think it might be that neck air sac expansion and contraction is very obvious. The rest of the flock is fine/ not showing any similar signs. In...
  3. M

    Fluid filled crop help please!

    I noticed this morning that both of my ducklings, about 3-4 weeks of age, had semi large lumps on the right sides of their necks lower toward the breast. After research, I came to the conclusion they both had ruptured air sacs and as a medical professional I treated with needle aspiration and...
    • Magikmommy
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  4. BantamAshley

    Hatching saddled air sacs - upright vs. on side

    Q: Is it best to HATCH eggs with attached, though saddle shaped air sacs on their sides, or upright in egg cartons? Pros and cons of each? I am on day 18 of incubating 5 bantam eggs. All eggs are thriving well, though 5/5 eggs have fairly severely shaped, though normal sized saddle shaped air...
  5. Doobly

    Call Duck Hatching Eggs - Potential Ruptured Air Sacs

    Hi everyone, looking for a little bit of reassurance here! I've incubated before but I'm dealing with something new here - ordered some call duck eggs online. They arrived perfectly, in a polystyrene box, tightly packed, fragile tape all around it. Just what I'd expect, really. So perhaps...
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