im honestly just confused??

[thebeesaresleepy]

when i picked up chicks 2 months ago we also picked out 3 EEs, however i honestly haven’t been convinced one of them is even a chicken?

when i first picked them up they all looked like this:

i couldn’t see anything wrong with them like weird toes, unabsorbed yolk or umbilical cords, there wasn’t anything i could see.

but then, when the rest of the chicks started growing, guino just didn’t?

guino never even played like the rest of the chicks did, at one point i was concerned and brought her in to be hand fed but it didn’t change anything.

this is guino now:
(all the chickens here are the same age, yes the reds are huge, my dad picked them and i don’t remember what they are. i think production red because of size and how fast they grew?)

and in this photo guino is perched next to one of the EE we picked her out with:

everyone else has been fully feathered for a bit, but i just can’t figure out whats going on with guino. can anyone help?

 

[Isadora]

Looks like failure to thrive.

 

[Se7en]

We bought 12 chickens and eight were Easter Eggers. Our smallest egger took her time growing. She eats and behaves fine but she is at the bottom of the pecking order so she mainly stays to herself. She is still the smallest but she is growing. We are newbies so to us we feel like as long as she is not sick just let her be. Make sure they are allowing her to eat and that she is healthy and let her be. She may be just a late bloomer like ours was.

 

[JedJackson]

Poor Guino. Failure to thrive is just a catch all meaning something unknown is wrong with her that is causing her to grow slowly and look sickly. It could be any number of things. If you haven't done so already, post in the medical emergencies board, here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

They are the people who can help the most.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Does anyone else think she might be a bantam?

 

[JedJackson]

Does anyone else think she might be a bantam?

Maybe, but if she is she is still stunted. Bantams develop even faster than large fowl.

 

[Painted Calls]

Does anyone else think she might be a bantam?

No. I also agree that it looks like FTT.

The reds appear to be CQs.