Baby pidgeon help

[xBlissx]

I've just started fostering a baby pigeon but it's the first one and I'm a little nervous about getting everything right.

I have the formula and the bird is nice and warm (but not too hot!) but i'm worried about the feeding. It's hard to tell how much is enough and how much is too much.

As far as I can tell from pictures it looks about 8-9 days old. I'm syringe feeding and it's taking the food pretty well but I'm scared it might not be getting enough. At around this age can anyone give me an average weight I should be looking at? I'll weigh him daily to see if he's putting on weight as this will be a good sign but any other advise (and encouragment) would be great.

I've read that feedin 4-5 times a day should be sufficient but can anyone give me a guidline as to how much to feed in one go? I know they say the crop should feel like a 3/4 full balloon but the poor little thing is so scrawny it's hard to tell the size of it. At least I can feel that the food in there though so I know it's getting fed properly.

Anyway i'll leave it there, thanks for any help!
x-Becky-x

EDIT: Thought I'd attach a picture
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...icture0056.jpg