#airsac

Morning lovely people 😊 hoping someone can give me some advice pretty please I am hatching my first eggs, these were posted and I wasn't aware of the air sac issue that can occur until after I had ordered them. So I candled the eggs yesterday on Day 8 of Incubation. One egg appears to have a...

hello! i have 4 eggs and one hatched this morning, ones in hatching and one is a bit younger so still developing. its another one wich im very concerned about, he had 2 VERY big air sacs from day 13 already, and it didnt shrink or something till day 30 (today) and our neighbor used to be a vet...

Hi all, new BYC member here. We got some chicks few weeks ago and one of my silkies/showgirl is swelling up like a balloon on the back right side of their body. I read here that it could be a ruptured air sac and I may need to relief her. Which I did by disinfecting that area and piercing her...

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...

Hey so I got these two ducks from tractor supply in Carson I had them for about 2 weeks and I read that they have to be 1 month old to sell so I’m guessing about 1 1/2 month old. They’ve grown a lot but for the past week about I noticed my duck has a lump on its neck. It’s gotten real big and I...

Hello! This little duckling has been in the incubator for 21 days but I’m worried about the size of the air sac. It’s my first time hatching eggs and it will be my first hatching - any advise on if this is too small and what I can do? Thanks!

Hello! I’ve been getting advice from BYC for a long time now and I’m excited to finally start posting news of my own! I like to hatch ducks rather than chickens and I’ve found the members here to be so incredibly helpful!!