2 week old chick with swollen abdomen, mushy chick disease?

[GuineaMania]

I don't think it'll hurt to relieve the fluid from under the skin.

But what if it isn't a blister?

 

[MysteryChicken]

But what if it isn't a blister?

I don’t think it would hurt.

 

[GuineaMania]

I don’t think it would hurt.

Okay.

 

[GuineaMania]

Would the fluid in a blister go down slowly on it's own?

If Hazel happens to have something else like mushy chick disease does anyone know what else I can do to help her?

 

[GuineaMania]

@MysteryChicken Do you know of any good resources/good info. on popping and draining a baby chick's blister, specifically the area that Hazel has hers?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would the fluid in a blister go down slowly on it's own?

If Hazel happens to have something else like mushy chick disease does anyone know what else I can do to help her?

It's not mushy chick disease.
A couple examples. Distended abdomen.

 

[MysteryChicken]

@MysteryChicken Do you know of any good resources/good info. on popping and draining a baby chick's blister, specifically the area that Hazel has hers?

Treating a blister on a chick with a blister is not much different then treating it on an adult bird.

Just need to put a small hole in the blister with a needle, & gently press the fluids out.

 

[The Coop Crew]

Just following along to see how the chick does

 

[GuineaMania]

It's not mushy chick disease.
A couple examples. Distended abdomen.
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Thank you! I see now. I'll probably end up draining it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you! I see now. I'll probably end up draining it.

Be sure to update?

I've had a couple cases of mushy chick disease in the past.