Air Sac Infections

[Denece&Lacey]

How do you tell if your chicks have air sac infections?

 

[sammi]

do you mean injury, or infection?
if the air sac is injured..it swells up..(in the neck/breast area)

(might be mistaken for impacted crop)

picture of ruptured Air Sac:

click here

what are the symptoms of the chick?
could it be the crop?
is the chick eating?
please be detailed.

 

[Denece&Lacey]

Actually they seem fine to me. I sold some chicks to a girl Thursday. We put them in a cage so we wouldnt have to chase them when she got here. 2 of them got sick acting so we took them out. They died on the way home to her house. She said they had air sac infections. I had no idea what she was talking about. She acted like I needed to treat the whole flock. They are all fine. They dont act sick or anything. I was afraid I missed something!! The 2 she took were either too hot or stressed. Thats what I think!!