Little bit of a necro here but I think we figured out what was going on. This chicken has developed a pretty serious looking cross beak and the internet suggests that would cause her to be smaller since she has a harder time eating. We have been wetting some food for them recently and she gets...
We've had a bit of the pasty butt all over but my wife has stayed on top of it for the most part. Hoping it's just a runt but it seems like a case of wait and see.
We got all these chicks 3 weeks ago on Friday and they're all doing really well. However one of them is still absolutely tiny. It's eating and drinking but it also stays in the corner out of the way more but every time we are worried about it not eating we will see it head over and eat/drink...
