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Did she sleep last night? Or did she just sit up and eat? If she slept and spent some time not eating, that crop should have gone down.
Where i live, what is most often sold is a medicated starter/grower. But with her size, if you have a choice, i would give her the starter.
However, please watch her crop. Ideally, her crop should completely empty during the night when she sleeps. If it is slow, i would keep her on boiled egg yolks - the yolks because they're more easily absorbed - and see if that improves before feeding her too much grower or starter. I'm very concerned about her crop.
I couldn't figure out if you were for or against medicated feed. The only unmedicated feed for young birds that i have been able to find in my area, is game bird grower. It has very high protein in comparison to chick starter, but she might need that right now to help her catch up. It's a judgment call. I don't worry about feeding mine the extra protein because it's really only a supplement to their free range diet.
She did sleep a lot last night, once and a while getting up and walking around to get a drink and peck at some of the corn a little, then she would go back to sleep. She also mostly just dozed under her light on her sock bed, I noticed. She would just lay under her light and not be completely asleep, but she would doze off, then wake up and walk around, then fall back asleep again for a little while. So yes, she did sleep, but it was on and off. I kept her light on all night so she could get up and get a drink if she wanted. I know that if it had been completely dark she would have slept all night. Maybe I should keep her light off all night to make sure she sleeps more and eats less?
I'm neither against or for medicated feed. I just want what is best for her. I don't want to get medicated feed if she shouldn't need it, but if it's OK to give to her, then I will get it.
Her crop has emptied a little since last night. It's not as big, but it also isn't completely empty.
Did she sleep last night? Or did she just sit up and eat? If she slept and spent some time not eating, that crop should have gone down.
Where i live, what is most often sold is a medicated starter/grower. But with her size, if you have a choice, i would give her the starter.
However, please watch her crop. Ideally, her crop should completely empty during the night when she sleeps. If it is slow, i would keep her on boiled egg yolks - the yolks because they're more easily absorbed - and see if that improves before feeding her too much grower or starter. I'm very concerned about her crop.
I couldn't figure out if you were for or against medicated feed. The only unmedicated feed for young birds that i have been able to find in my area, is game bird grower. It has very high protein in comparison to chick starter, but she might need that right now to help her catch up. It's a judgment call. I don't worry about feeding mine the extra protein because it's really only a supplement to their free range diet.
She did sleep a lot last night, once and a while getting up and walking around to get a drink and peck at some of the corn a little, then she would go back to sleep. She also mostly just dozed under her light on her sock bed, I noticed. She would just lay under her light and not be completely asleep, but she would doze off, then wake up and walk around, then fall back asleep again for a little while. So yes, she did sleep, but it was on and off. I kept her light on all night so she could get up and get a drink if she wanted. I know that if it had been completely dark she would have slept all night. Maybe I should keep her light off all night to make sure she sleeps more and eats less?
I'm neither against or for medicated feed. I just want what is best for her. I don't want to get medicated feed if she shouldn't need it, but if it's OK to give to her, then I will get it.
Her crop has emptied a little since last night. It's not as big, but it also isn't completely empty.
