jennybrom Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I have a 6 week old pekin chick, appears fine but we found what looks like a strange air bubble under the skin in the right shoulder area - is this something we should be worried about and can we do anything about it? The chick seems fine in terms of behaviour and development - there are feathers growing over the bubble it just seems a bit weird! thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Could it be a cyst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Could it be an ingrown feather rather than air. Laurmurf had a chicken with that. If I remember the picture it was a white mound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francesca88 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Is it otherwise alright? I had a very sick quail chick a few months ago who had this too, but I never found out what it was She's fine now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennybrom Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 thanks for the replies. we've given it a gentle poke and it's definitely air or fluid and it's not rock hard like i'd expect an ingrown feather to be - it's also rather large, at least the size of a 10p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
