anne101 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Member ID: 5,199 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 941 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,680 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 HI all... It's been a while since I posted I hope everyone is okay..... I have learned how to crop feed medication, I am needing to crop feed a 3 weeks old, but the food keeps clogging up the needle, I have only done medication before so I haven't had this problem.. Please help??? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted May 14, 2011 A 3 week old can take a 14 or 16 guage crop needle and as such it wont block up a crop tube when using hand rearing mix. Link to comment
anne101 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Member ID: 5,199 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 941 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,680 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 A 3 week old can take a 14 or 16 guage crop needle and as such it wont block up a crop tube when using hand rearing mix. Kaz.... Iv'e only got an 18 gauge...is ther eanything I can use to tie him over till I get a 14 or 16??? Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted May 14, 2011 thinner food ?? Link to comment
anne101 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Member ID: 5,199 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 941 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,680 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 thinner food ?? That's what I thought as well GB, I strained the hand rearing mix till it was just about water and it still blocked up. But it's all good.... I got a bigger gauge and all is okay now. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted May 17, 2011 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted May 17, 2011 This is just a suggestion, but at three weeks old, couldn't you try to teach him to eat from a syringe or spoon? If you've managed to get a couple of meals into his crop already, that should tide him over while he's learning to eat in other ways. If I have an "orphaned" 3 week old, I offer the spoon, and if it's rejected at first, by the next time, the chick is hungry enough to eat better. Also, by that age I've introduced seed as bedding, and they can manage to eat enough to tide them over. Offer millet, too. (Sorry if this isn't helpful. Maybe you've already tried these things. ) Link to comment
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