Wyandotte Runt?

[Hugz21]

I got 4x 1day old chicks and a 2 week old New Hampshire 6 weeks ago from a local lady who breeds a variety of different animals. She's got a great reputation and has been pretty helpful so far.
I've got problems with my one Silver Lacewing Wyandotte- Lilac It doesn't seem to be growing or feathering up like my others. From much googling and reading, I'm still not 100% sure what the issue could be, but I've narrowed it down to 3 options - she's just a runt, she's sick or she's actually a he. I've been keeping an eye on Lilac and how it interacts with the other birds. (S)he seems to be eating and drinking, not being bullied or hen-pecked. (S)he is definitely the loudest chick I have - out-chirping the others by both quantity and volume. See pictures and tell me what you think?
From left to right on the roost - Lilac 6 weeks old. The lacewing in question. Indigo - Australorp also 6 weeks old and Magenta - New Hampshire 8weeks old. Indigo, Violet, Amethyst (Buff orp in the foreground) and Lilac are all the same age. The first 3 are growing great, almost fully feathered, active, strong and feisty. Lilac is little, still fuzzy, really placid and seems a little week. I'm especially concerned because Lilac is my 8yr old daughter's favourite.

 

[jjooste]

They are lovely. I think the best one can do is to make sure the little one is warm, eats (I give my little one all sorts of extras, egg food, mealworms, suet - anything that I feel that could give him a boost), and drinks. Nature will then take its course. Good luck!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

These birds do not look the same age! What did they look like when you got them? Any feathers at all?

 

[Willowspirit]

My runt Wyandotte, Delores, was getting pushed away from the food by the other bossy hens. We've been giving extras and we added another feeder. When i hand feed i pour the treat mixture on the ground in a line and then a let the sassy girls eat out of my hand.

 

[Hugz21]

These birds do not look the same age! What did they look like when you got them? Any feathers at all?

The NH on the far right is 2 weeks older than the other 2. The tiny one and the middle one are the same age.
NH had some wing feathers (2 weeks old when I got her). The other 4 all came to me as day-olds - little fluff balls of cuteness.

 

[Hugz21]

The day I got them. Magenta (2 weeks old) is up the back. All others hatched the day before this picture was taken

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Ok, as long as she has good food she should be fine... Is it at all possible she is a Wyandotte bantam?

 

[Willowspirit]

Magenta? From RHPS?

 

[Hugz21]

Magenta? From RHPS?

My 5 chooks are all named purples. There's a bit of a story as to miss Magenta. When I first got them, I got 4xday-olds and 1x 2 week old. They were in a box in the cargo area of the car on the way home. I could hear tiny peeps from most of the babies and one VERY loud peep from obviously a single voice. I assumed the big voice was from the 2-weeker and decided on the 30min drive home that she needed a bold, brassy name to go with her voice. The delicate lacewing should get a delicate name, so she's Lilac. The "twin" australorps are Indigo (the darker one) and Violet (the lighter one), and the classy buff orp is Amethyst. Well, when I got home and transferred them from the box to the brooder, Magenta made a tiny peep. And little dainty Lilac?! PEEEEEEP PEEEEEEEP!!!!! Soooooooo loud! Magenta is totally chill and more of a Matronly Madge than a brassy Magenta.

 

[Hugz21]

Ok, as long as she has good food she should be fine... Is it at all possible she is a Wyandotte bantam?

The breeder I got them from doesn't have any bantams so I doubt it. She was also the only egg from this mother this season... so I wonder if that has anything to do with it. The breeder said sometimes her Wyandottes are slow to feather and not to worry. But I worry. I think it would break my heart to lose her