Baby chick that wont grow! - Page 3

We've got the same thing going on, 7 chicks - 1 is a runt.  These are the first chicks we've ever had and about a week and a half in, I could tell something was different and she was small etc.  Now they are three weeks old and the 6 others are easily 3 times as big as the little one.  She seems to eat and drink ok and doesn't seem to get picked on, as someone else said she actually seems to get protected or cuddled a little by the others.  She's supposed to be a silver laced wyandotte and looks almost exactly like felidaets photos.  She sleeps a little more than the others and seeks the warmer spots than the others do to.  I guess it's just wait and see what happens... ours came from MPC and were here overnight, so no long trip or anything for them.

wow...that really is a big difference between the two chicks but they are both still cuties!   Good luck!

I have 31 Cochins right now...all different colors at just 4 weeks...I have a few smaller ones in them so guess

I'll keep an eye on their sizes and feathering...

i had a rhode island red like that it eventually grew a few feathers on it's wings. it eat and drank loads but unfortuantly it died the night i put it into the chick coop up the field it was about 8 weeks old. wish the best for your chick!!!

I have a RIR who wouldn't grow. She ate and drank fine and none of the other birds picked on her. Now she is finally growing, slowly but surely, and is almost fully feathered with the exception of a few spots on her head. I was beginning to think that maybe she was a bantam... but how would I be able to tell if she was a bantam or just a chicken whose growth was stunted? Is there such a thing as a RIR bantam? Either way she is doing fine now, and is affectionately named Rosie