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Broiler runt??

post #1 of 17
7/3/12 at 2:59pm
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So we got 32 broilers from Meyer Hatchery, they are now just over 4 weeks old.  There are a few that are much smaller than the rest and one in particular is absolutely tiny.  This little runt is the most active one of the lot, he runs around non-stop catching bugs and eating clover.  I have silkies that were hatched the same day and even they have out-grown him.  Has anybody ever had this before?  What can we expect to get out of him?

 

 

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post #2 of 17
7/3/12 at 3:32pm

It's not a Cornish Cross, is the easy answer.

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"There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere." --Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

What I'm reading now:  Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation, by Loren Collins.

 

 

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post #3 of 17
7/3/12 at 3:34pm

OMG! So cute! LOL, Maybe it's vertically challenged.

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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post #4 of 17
7/3/12 at 4:00pm

Thats adorable! I wonder what he is :)

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post #5 of 17
7/4/12 at 10:13am

He looks like a packing peanut to me.

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post #6 of 17
7/17/12 at 2:40pm

I've got one, too.  I watched her and she hardly even looks at the feed in the pen.  I want to know how to get her to eat.

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post #7 of 17
7/17/12 at 3:53pm
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I've got one, too.  I watched her and she hardly even looks at the feed in the pen.  I want to know how to get her to eat.

Mine has no trouble eating, never has. It is starting to grow now at a much better pace. Though it's still soo much smaller than the others.
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post #8 of 17
7/18/12 at 4:53am

Wow, that'ss a big difference; no way is that a 4 week old CX ep.gif.  At 4 weeks mine ranged from 1lb 4oz to 2lb 13oz.  That chick doesn't look like it has enough feathers to be a 4 week old anything gig.gif

9 Barred Rocks, 3 Buff Orpingtons,  3 RIR, 3 Black Jersey Giants, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 4 easter Eggers, 5 Pekins, 2 Cayugas, and 10 new assorted chicks-what am I doing?

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9 Barred Rocks, 3 Buff Orpingtons,  3 RIR, 3 Black Jersey Giants, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 4 easter Eggers, 5 Pekins, 2 Cayugas, and 10 new assorted chicks-what am I doing?

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post #9 of 17
7/18/12 at 12:32pm

Mine is 7 weeks old and about a sixth of the size of the birds that have gained normally.  I've read about runts in Salatin's "Pastured Poultry..." and he thought they were just small because they were from pullet eggs or birds that were too old--called them quail sized.  My dad said he thinks these birds ended up with dominant cornish genes(?)

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post #10 of 17
7/18/12 at 12:46pm

It's hard to say whether that's a CX or not. I've sometimes gotten a chick that I refer to as an FTT [failure to thrive] chick, both in CX that I've ordered and from chicks that I've hatched. If they even live past a week of age, they grow and feather very slowly, and usually die before reaching processing size from a stress the others took in stride. I recently lost a White Ameraucana chick that had, I thought, turned the corner and was starting to look more like a normal chick. It didn't make it through one of the recent days of 100 + degree days.  

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