Help!!! Air bubble on chick!!

[crzyckldy]

This just showed up on my 2 week old chick today!

 

[KrystalRose]

It is probably a small cyst, I would wait a few days to see if it goes away on its own, if not maybe try to drain it with a needle and antibiotic ointment.

 

[turkeys rule3]

Where is it at

 

[crzyckldy]

Where is it at

It is on the right side of its neck and extends to the chest

 

[vehve]

Just to be sure, as I can't really tell from the picture, it's not the crop, is it?

 

[crzyckldy]

Just to be sure, as I can't really tell from the picture, it's not the crop, is it?

Here's another pic

 

[vehve]

It's on the back side, so not the crop then.

 

[crzyckldy]

I just checked on it this morning and it's gone!! Yayyy! Don't know what it was though??

 

[crzyckldy]

I researched and figured out it was a ruptured air sac.

 

[casportpony]

I researched and figured out it was a ruptured air sac.

I started a thread about it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/828000/subcutaneous-emphysema-pictures-added

Here are some pictures from that thread:
From: http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=15+1829&aid=2721




-Kathy