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.
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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.
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.