Any idea what I can do to help this little guy along?

No, she was just really tiny for most of the time then when I wasn't looking she caught up. We can tell the difference now if they are all together and holding fairly still.
 
This spring part of our chick order was six GLW pullets. One of them was sooooo tiny that I would have sworn they gave me a banty by mistake. She remained way smaller than the others for a long time. Now they are 18 weeks old and I can hardly tell the difference between her and the others, they have to be all standing together and even then it's hard. I'll never know what the reason was. I guess sometimes kids just grow at different paces.

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ChickieG'ma, This did happen to me when I ordered from MM one time. I had 8 RIR and 6 BR, one of which was a bantam BR! I sent them a picture to show the difference in size and I think they knew right away it was their mistake. They gave me the choice of new chick or refund (which wasn't that much!) Neither helped with the real problem. I had to finally find him a home because he started crowing before the others did. Big guys didn't like that! What a hassle for such a little roo. He was just too cute - -but his banty genes were very aggressive.

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I know about the poultry auctions too but sometimes the animals there are not all bad. Some people take their birds there because they just don't know where else to go or need to get rid of a farm animal that bites, kicks, poops too much, or causes allergies they didn't know about before. It's not all crap.

Yeah, I figure out of 19 chickens from the auction, there's gotta be a few keepers. :) And honestly, I think I will probably buy from the auction again. I definately plan on selling there. It just kills me how many people look down on it. *shrugz*
 
I had a smaller one in my group of 18 chicks we got back in March. One of the four black Jersey giants just was always smaller for quite some time. Now she's caught up and I can't tell which one it was. I was worried quite a bit about her too, but she ate, drank and pooped just fine. Sometimes there is a runty one, just like in a litter of kittens....
 
We just split the tiny chick off, along with some of the other smaller ones, to their own brooder. I noticed that even though they did get to eat, the bigger guys pushed through first and the smaller guys had to wait to eat and drink. I split them into 2 brooders and they seem to be doing a little better. The tiny chick is still half the size of the smallest chick of the same age, but he seems to be able to hold his ground a little better now. He's a fiesty little booger, so I think he's going to be just fine!
 
I know is thread is three years old, but what ended up happening?! Do you have any pictures? So strange because I have a Lavender French Marans that also has the "stoner/droopy eyes" and is so tiny compared to the other one's her age! She eats, poops, drinks - everything normally! I even give her extra mealworms to make sure she's getting more protein.. but she just doesn't grow! She likes to hang out with the younger chicks.
 
I have just begun hatching chicks using an incubator. The first batch had a chick that required assistance out of the shell, it had shrink-wrapped and was going nowhere without help. This chick was at 9 days old the size of a day old chick. So when our broody hatched her little clutch, I slipped Squeaky (he was non-stop noise) under her at night. Mama accepted the chick, and the chick has continued to grow slowly, it is still now the same size as the 9-days-younger clutch he was adopted into. But he's doing well, it seems. Meanwhile, another incubator batch also produced another 2 eggs needing help. One required HEAPS of help, and this one is also an extremely noisy runt. The 2nd egg required a little help, and I noted it was smaller than the unassisted chicks, but bigger and stronger than the runt and not noisy. So I am figuring the less assistance given, the stronger and bigger and happier the chick? And yes, both runts had "stoner eyes". My first batch are a month old so it's too early to say how things turned out. The first runt under the hen seems to be doing much better than when in the brooder.
 
Same thing happened to me. I have the same breed of chick, supposedly the same age, and one isnt growing nearly as fast as the other. I called the nursery where we picked our chicks up and they said not to worry unless she starts displaying signs of sickness. If anyone has advice I'd appreciate it!
 

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