BroodyMama2
Chirping
- Mar 19, 2015
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Hi all!
I have 7 2wk old chicks, all different breeds. - My Speckled Sussex, Lucy, is very noticeably smaller than the others, though she has feathered out beautifully just as the others have. She eats and drinks normally and is very sweet and friendly with me, but tends to be a loner in the flock & I feel like she sleeps a bit more than they do. This may be because she was picked on for a little while, mostly by my Delaware chick, and even got a wound above her eye at one point that required separating her from the flock (box within the brooder) while she healed. I wonder if this is the reason she often (but not always) hangs out in a corner alone. I isolated her only when she would be actively bleeding. I didn't want to isolate her so much that it would cost her socially.
My concern is with how much slower she is growing. I seem to remember reading once that Sussex chickens grow slower than other breeds, but can't remember for sure if that was the Speckled Sussex or not.- Anyone know if that is correct?
I have 7 2wk old chicks, all different breeds. - My Speckled Sussex, Lucy, is very noticeably smaller than the others, though she has feathered out beautifully just as the others have. She eats and drinks normally and is very sweet and friendly with me, but tends to be a loner in the flock & I feel like she sleeps a bit more than they do. This may be because she was picked on for a little while, mostly by my Delaware chick, and even got a wound above her eye at one point that required separating her from the flock (box within the brooder) while she healed. I wonder if this is the reason she often (but not always) hangs out in a corner alone. I isolated her only when she would be actively bleeding. I didn't want to isolate her so much that it would cost her socially.
My concern is with how much slower she is growing. I seem to remember reading once that Sussex chickens grow slower than other breeds, but can't remember for sure if that was the Speckled Sussex or not.- Anyone know if that is correct?