5 day old chick lump on neck

[Catchick123]

Any idea in what this is it’s at side of her neck and a bit bald?

 

[Catchick123]

Here’s the pics

 

[nuthatched]

Is it it's crop?

 

[Catchick123]

Is it it's crop?

Well I wondered that but it’s kind of on the side and looks different to the others?!

 

[nuthatched]

Well I wondered that but it’s kind of on the side and looks different to the others?!

The crop is on the side. Can you get a closer picture? It could be full since it's been eating more.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I got some chicks & one of them had a bald bulge. Upon looking more closely, I saw that it looked like an air bubble, but the chick also had a neck injury...like a scab all the way around her neck. It looked like as the chick was growing, the scab was not, and appeared to be strangling her. I had to use a Q tip, moisten with sterile saline to soften scab, then gently peel it off & apply some antibiotic Neosporin (not with pain killer as "caine" products are not good for birds).
The little chick seemed fine, active with a good appetite, but I didn't know if that air bubble was an air sack rupture or a sour crop issue. Whatever injury caused her "ring around the collar" scab, could've caused it. So I had live mealworms, she went nuts over them, so I mixed Probiotics Probios with unflavored Greek yogurt, rolled the mealworms in it, then let her eat 10. I took her out of the brooder to make sure when I fed her, she got all 10 probiotics covered mealworms 2x daily because she was very tiny compared to the others. For the whole flock, I had the chick crumble & to drink I had a gallon of distilled water mixed with 1 teaspoon of Braggs Apple Cider vinegar. I do have metronidazole on hand in case there are canker in the crop issues, but I noticed chick's air bubble getting smaller each day as I checked & kept her raw neck moist with the Neosporin. By day 5 there was no more air bubble & her neck injury healed.

I don't know what your chick has going on...it could be just a full crop from eating & by next morning will be empty after digesting. It could be a mild ruptured air sac injury, sour crop, gulping air when eating, canker, a cyst or tumor...there are many possibilities. Try to figure out what is going on there...is it inside the crop or just under the skin & not in crop?

I once had a pigeon that had a huge air bubble popping up all around her neck, where neck meets body. When I got help from an expert he told me I actually needed to use a thick gauge needle point to create a tiny opening and let the air out, but that was like a "balloon looking" bulge, I could clearly see that it was air and nothing else under the pigeon's skin. I am not recommending poking a hole in your baby! I'm just telling you that there are various circumstances & scenarios that could cause a "bubble looking thing" on a bird, so you really need to figure out exactly what it is... Does it look like food that is not digesting fast enough, does it look like a liquid, does it look like a mucus blob or pus boil, does it move around under skin or does it seem attached, or does it look like air? Does it look like it is inside the crop or not? It is hard to tell from looking at photos, try to get help from a vet or someone, "hand on" that can actually see and hold the bird for a proper examination and and diagnosis. Sorry I can't be of more help, good luck to you.

(Pic of my Maran, she is 7 mos old & fine now but you see the air bubble & neck injury when she was a chick...no clue how she was injured before I got her.)

 

[Catchick123]

I got some chicks & one of them had a bald bulge. Upon looking more closely, I saw that it looked like an air bubble, but the chick also had a neck injury...like a scab all the way around her neck. It looked like as the chick was growing, the scab was not, and appeared to be strangling her. I had to use a Q tip, moisten with sterile saline to soften scab, then gently peel it off & apply some antibiotic Neosporin (not with pain killer as "caine" products are not good for birds).
The little chick seemed fine, active with a good appetite, but I didn't know if that air bubble was an air sack rupture or a sour crop issue. Whatever injury caused her "ring around the collar" scab, could've caused it. So I had live mealworms, she went nuts over them, so I mixed Probiotics Probios with unflavored Greek yogurt, rolled the mealworms in it, then let her eat 10. I took her out of the brooder to make sure when I fed her, she got all 10 probiotics covered mealworms 2x daily because she was very tiny compared to the others. For the whole flock, I had the chick crumble & to drink I had a gallon of distilled water mixed with 1 teaspoon of Braggs Apple Cider vinegar. I do have metronidazole on hand in case there are canker in the crop issues, but I noticed chick's air bubble getting smaller each day as I checked & kept her raw neck moist with the Neosporin. By day 5 there was no more air bubble & her neck injury healed.

I don't know what your chick has going on...it could be just a full crop from eating & by next morning will be empty after digesting. It could be a mild ruptured air sac injury, sour crop, gulping air when eating, canker, a cyst or tumor...there are many possibilities. Try to figure out what is going on there...is it inside the crop or just under the skin & not in crop?

I once had a pigeon that had a huge air bubble popping up all around her neck, where neck meets body. When I got help from an expert he told me I actually needed to use a thick gauge needle point to create a tiny opening and let the air out, but that was like a "balloon looking" bulge, I could clearly see that it was air and nothing else under the pigeon's skin. I am not recommending poking a hole in your baby! I'm just telling you that there are various circumstances & scenarios that could cause a "bubble looking thing" on a bird, so you really need to figure out exactly what it is... Does it look like food that is not digesting fast enough, does it look like a liquid, does it look like a mucus blob or pus boil, does it move around under skin or does it seem attached, or does it look like air? Does it look like it is inside the crop or not? It is hard to tell from looking at photos, try to get help from a vet or someone, "hand on" that can actually see and hold the bird for a proper examination and and diagnosis. Sorry I can't be of more help, good luck to you.

(Pic of my Maran, she is 7 mos old & fine now but you see the air bubble & neck injury when she was a chick...no clue how she was injured before I got her.)View attachment 3023620
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Thank you very much for your message. The lump is hard just at the top of his wing by his neck, it’s a hard link looks like it’s got put and little small bumps and completely bald, I’ll see if it goes down tomorrow maybe it is a swollen crop but the others have pecked at it!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Other birds will peck anything that catches their eye, whether it is a lump, bump, broken feather sticking out or even a tiny speck of blood. New Young hens were pecking at my new Roos spurs & big comb so much, that he had blood spots on his legs & comb tips & he is so sweet, he let them! So I had to spray Blukote on his comb, spurs & legs. Eventually, they got used to being with him & left his spurs & comb alone.

I had a baby chick with a wood chip stuck on her back and other chicks pecked at the wood chip until I caught her and removed it.

If they peck enough to make a sore spot, you may have to spray a bit of Blukote into a jar lid & dab on with a Q tip to apply to the area...as soon as something is Blukoted, they leave it alone.

It wouldn't hurt to get some probiotics into this chick, if you can. I have used ProBios, a powder you can mix 1 tablespoon per gallon of drinking water for everyone, just remember it will get nasty sooner in a warmer Temperature brooder & have to be changed more often. That's why I opted for mixing ProBios with plain yogurt & getting my chick to eat the mealworms coated with it 2x per day. That way I was sure she was getting it and when I left to go to work for the day I didn't have to worry about their drinking water getting funky too soon.

I wonder if this chick is eating good but just not drinking enough?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like the crop. See if it empties overnight.