UPDATED with PHOTOS: One chick much smaller than others...

[CKinNC]

Of the nine chicks that we brought home one is much smaller than the others. She is a sex-linked gold laced wyandotte and was the same size as her two "sisters" when they hatched. She seems to be just as active and hungry and busy as the others - just much smaller now as the others have progressed past her. Her feathering is much further behind, as well. I worry about her, especially now that some of the older chicks are towering over her. I guess what I wanted to ask was: should I be worried about this chick? Have others had experiences with chicks that grew very slowly but ended up healthy? She will be three weeks old this weekend.

 

[kazoo1111]

Did you hatch them because if it's just from a hatchery it could be a bantam. Some times people get mixed up.

 

[CKinNC]

Did you hatch them because if it's just from a hatchery it could be a bantam. Some times people get mixed up.

I bought them all from a local breeder at one day old. The chicks were bred from on-site parents. I remember her saying that she hadn't had any bantams until this spring when she hatched a set of bantam chicks, so it doesn't seem like that's likely. It's just so strange because she seems so lively otherwise. If I had never seen them before, I would guess she was at least a week younger than the others.

 

[CKinNC]

Updated with photos:

These two are both three weeks old.



Small enough to hide under her big sister...