Air under chicks skin!! Looks like balloon

[Swastik Choudhari]

I just took the chick in hand,as i took it.. it felt weird...(it felt like picking a blowed plastic wrap kind of feel)
When i looked whole upper skin(transparent one) was blowed and filled with air.
I just took a needle and poked it with it...all the air came out then applied a antiseptic/antibacterial cream
Does any one know what it is and what care i should take? (It was not bloted thin layer of skin was filled with air)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Wow, thats a new one on me! Let's call in a few of the experts:
@Wyorp Rock
@Shadrach
@oldhenlikesdogs
That should do to get started. Let's see what they have to say.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Sounds like a ruptured air sac (subcutaneous emphysema) which can be from injury. Have you noticed if the chick has been picked on?

An air sac will usually heal/close up on it's own, but I would keep watch on the chick to make sure she's breathing normally.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sounds like a ruptured air sac (subcutaneous emphysema) which can be from injury. Have you noticed if the chick has been picked on?

An air sac will usually heal/close up on it's own, but I would keep watch on the chick to make sure she's breathing normally.

We don't pay you guys enough.

 

[Eggcessive]

Where was the air located uder the skin? It sounds like a ruptured or leaking air sac, called subcutaneous emphysema. It is not harmful if it is small and not causing breathing problems, they are usually left alone. However, if it is causing problems, large or the chicken is short of breath, deflating them with a needle or needle and syringe is the best way to treat it. The air can come back, and it is common to repeat the treatment. Here is a video and some reading about air sacs:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/avian-respiratory-system-under-construction.74451/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

We don't pay you guys enough.

I want a raise from Zilch to Nothing

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I want a raise from Zilch to Nothing

DONE! And a bargain at the price!

 

[Swastik Choudhari]

Leaving neack a wings it was all over the body... the chick was like a bubble.

 

[Eggcessive]

You are very lucky then to have saved her life.

 

[Shadrach]

I hope the chick makes it. I had to read up on it because it's not something I've ever dealt with. I learn't a bit of new stuff today.