- Jun 12, 2016
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Hi there, I fed my baby dove this morning around 8am and came back 3 hours later and the crop hasn't shown any signs of it being digested or going down?
It's now 6pm and the crop is still the same way I left it.
Everything in the incubator is up to Max, it's warm just like a mother dove chest when keeping her chicks warm. I fell the warm humid air when I put my hand inside and everything seems fine. The felt the babies body temperature and it's pretty fine and warm.
I made sure the food was watery so it could be digested normal like what I did my previous chicks and they're all fine and 2 years old now.
I'm scared, what if he might develop a sour crop!? What am I supposed to do if that happens?
What can I do now?
Am I worrying too much?
I thought I was supposed to feed chicks every 3 hours?
The chick is only 2 days old, barely started opening it's eyes. Do I wait 12 hours for the crop to go down?
Is it the warm air doing that?
Please help
Pictures are below
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It's now 6pm and the crop is still the same way I left it.
Everything in the incubator is up to Max, it's warm just like a mother dove chest when keeping her chicks warm. I fell the warm humid air when I put my hand inside and everything seems fine. The felt the babies body temperature and it's pretty fine and warm.
I made sure the food was watery so it could be digested normal like what I did my previous chicks and they're all fine and 2 years old now.
I'm scared, what if he might develop a sour crop!? What am I supposed to do if that happens?
What can I do now?
Am I worrying too much?
I thought I was supposed to feed chicks every 3 hours?
The chick is only 2 days old, barely started opening it's eyes. Do I wait 12 hours for the crop to go down?
Is it the warm air doing that?
Please help
Pictures are below
View attachment 1767408
View attachment 1767410
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