chick with strange neck swelling

[hoppingchicks]

Hi, I've just had a broody hatch some eggs out everything was going great until..... I checked one of the chicks out it seems to have some swelling just behind its ear hole it's kind of soft and feels like fluid I'm just a bit concerned as I have never felt anything like it on a chick before​

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

@Miss Lydia

 

[Miss Lydia]

Have you looked for possible injury like maybe mama pecked it?

 

[hoppingchicks]

Have you looked for possible injury like maybe mama pecked it?

yeah I did, at first I thought she might have stepped on the baby but it doesn't look right... all the feathers are intact and there are no signs of injury...... its more like a pocket of fluid under the skin

 

[The chicken nurd]

@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'll leave it to the chicken experts. Hopefully, they will be on soon.

 

[hoppingchicks]

I'll leave it to the chicken experts. Hopefully, they will be on soon.

thanks for replying so fast

 

[sophialoveschickens]

can you send a picture?

 

[hoppingchicks]

I might be able to .....but there isn't a lot to see the baby looks perfect but its neck is swolen just behind the ear hole

 

[hoppingchicks]