Crop not emptying on baby chick

[aswartzalso]

Born September 11. I've noticed her crop is always full. She got electrolytes and vitamins for three days and fed medicated chick starter. What sho u 'd I do? Seems a active and is eating and drinking.

 

[Isaac 0]

How does her crop feel?Hard?Squishy?

 

[chickens really]

Sounds normal to me...are you giving anything other than starter feed? If so provide granite grit...what bedding are they on?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Have you removed feed overnight and checked her in the morning to confirm it truly isn't emptying vs she happerns to stuff it frequently enough that every time you see her it is full?

 

[chickens really]

Have you removed feed overnight and checked her in the morning to confirm it truly isn't emptying vs she happerns to stuff it frequently enough that every time you see her it is full?

It's a chick....Needs feed 24/7 or more problems

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

It's a chick....Needs feed 24/7 or more problems

No, it doesn't feed unavailable overnight poses zero risk to them. Even the newest of chicks do not need to eat 24/7

 

[chickens really]

No, it doesn't feed unavailable overnight poses zero risk to them. Even the newest of chicks do not need to eat 24/7

Hmmmm....Starveout happens to Chicks...We all learn as we go..

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Hmmmm....Starveout happens to Chicks...We all learn as we go..

Consider this a chance to learn then....
chicks are designed to follow a natural day/night cycle from hatch, just like an adult bird. This means they are designed to fill their crop at "bedtime" and then digest that feed during the overnight hours, waking with an empty crop in the morning and filling it again. Pulling feed from them at the time they should be going to roost and replacing it in the morning after checking the crop of a suspected crop issue bird poses absolutely zero risk of causing "starveout" to that chick or any other chick in the brood. It is actually the commonly prescribed approach in these exact situations - regardless of bird age.

 

[chickens really]

Yes....But human raised Chicks have no Momma to teach them to eat before dark...

 

[casportpony]

Consider this a chance to learn then....
chicks are designed to follow a natural day/night cycle from hatch, just like an adult bird. This means they are designed to fill their crop at "bedtime" and then digest that feed during the overnight hours, waking with an empty crop in the morning and filling it again. Pulling feed from them at the time they should be going to roost and replacing it in the morning after checking the crop of a suspected crop issue bird poses absolutely zero risk of causing "starveout" to that chick or any other chick in the brood. It is actually the commonly prescribed approach in these exact situations - regardless of bird age.

I agree.