small chick

Hello all, so I had hatched out 6 Coturnix quail mixes about a week ago and I noticed right away that one if the babies was breathing faster than everyone else and rather lethargic. I gave her some B12 and water, called it a night and she's made it up to now. She still breathes quite fast, she's...

Hi all, So I just got 9 chicks last week and they are currently 12 days old (born on July 31). Among the flock, we bought 2 Buff Orpingtons. One of the Buff Orpingtons is VERY large and probably the largest one out of all them and the other one is the smallest one out of all of them. The...

We picked up 6 Black Copper Maran chicks and 3 light Brahmas over the weekend. They are probably 5 days old now. One of the BCM is very small, which is becoming more apparent as the other chicks are already putting on size. Her wings are disproportionately small compared to her body size and...

I am totally stumped. I got 4 silkie bantams from TSC about 2 weeks ago, but one seems to be not growing AT ALL! It's name is MoonPie. 🥰 Yes, it has grown a bit, but it is SO MUCH smaller than my other babies. Fortunately they don't pick on it, but I'm curious as to why it's so much smaller. I...

I have 4 chicks that hatched that hatched feb 6th and 7th so they are over 4 weeks old now. One is a definite roo, so he is big. The second is average size. The third is small, but not as small as the 4th. The tiny one was the first to hatch. It seems to eat and drink normally so why is it so...

I have a heat lamp, do I leave this lamp on at night and come up with an alternative hear source. I am unsure if consistent light stresses baby bird as it is unnatural - how do other monitor this? Thank you in advance for any advice.

So I bought 20 chicks (19 dead), the last one seems to be fine. I bought few chickens(grown up) and only one left. So can i add that small chick, my only hen seems to be kind cuz she basically ignores him if he is near. Even if i can, how?

I sometimes get one chick that ends up developmentally behind in a hatch with chicks purchased from different breeders. I don't believe all adult hens in my current adult flock have ever actually laid an egg, and have an issue with one consistently laying an egg with a very weak shell or having...

I have 2 chick from someone who has no info on them. One has scissor beak and what I think could be wry neck. She is about 1/2 the size of the one she care with. And seems to need ‘mom’ more. I put her in my bag so she can feel as though she is being sat on by mom. The other chick is with...

Hi, i hatched my first chick in a DIY incubator (my mistake) and there were severe temperature fluctuations. My chick hatched very sticky, and it took 2 days after the first pip. I ended up having to help it out of the shell, its legs were too weak (i helped on day 2, very slowly and carefully)...

Hello! I recently received a few new baby chicks, but one is significantly smaller than the others. The first two I had where so much bigger and I’m worried. It behaves just fine. Energetic, loud, and poops as much as any chick does. At first, she wasn’t drinking so I mixed warm water with her...

I have a 2 week old baby chick who is SUPER tiny. Her brother and sister are also 2 weeks just a day apart but they are growing normally. Her wings are so tiny with no feathers yet. She has troubling eating her food (chick starter) and trouble swallowing (only one piece of food at a time). I do...

Hi! I have a Penedesenca chick who we got with another Penedesenca chick, two Ameraucanas, and two SL Wyandottes. We got them all at the same time at TSC and didn't notice any difference in size. However we now notice that one Penedesenca chick is much smaller than all of the other chicks...

I have a flock of 7 chicks who are all about 1 week old (1 died in the mail ). They are: easter eggers, a golden laced wyandotte, a lavender and a buff orpington, the leghorn, and a black australorp. All except the Leghorn have just about doubled in size. My Leghorn seems to eat and drink, but...

Hi Everyone, I’m new to posting but have been reading your threads for weeks, preparing for my first flock of 8 chicks. One died in the mail, which was heartbreaking, and I’m not sure if I’m being hyper sensitive about the others out of fear of losing another. PLEASE- any advice you have would...

Hi Everyone! I’m a new chick mom- we brought home 5 babies last week, 2 Easter Eggers, 1 RIR, 1 Lavender Orpington and 1 Plymouth Rock. Got them all from a local hatchery where we were able to observe and hand pick them out. They are now just over a week old. They are growing well and have been...

Hi, I have 6 chicks that are 4 weeks old and different breeds. The smallest weighs 2.8 OZ the next larger one is 5.6OZ and the largest is over 10 OZs. The little one chirps a lot but eats and sleeps fine. She doesn’t seem to be cold. She is a New Hampshire Red or Buff Rock. I can’t remember. The...

Hi, I have 6 chicks that are 4 weeks old and different breeds. The smallest weighs 2.8 OZ the next larger one is 5.6OZ and the largest is over 10 OZs. The little one chirps a lot but eats and sleeps fine. She doesn’t seem to be cold. She is a New Hampshire Red or Buff Rock. I can’t remember. The...

Here is a picture of one of my many new chicks imported this year. The two birds shown in the picture are both bantam chicks with the same size potentials. If that little Sebright bantam ain't the smallest chick on earth, then I'll be a Whooshing Crane.

Hi - I hatched 3 silkies almost 6 weeks ago. Two are doing great while the third, one that I had to help during hatch, has always been behind its siblings. Right now they're twice its size and are growing their adult "fluff" nicely, while this little one seems to struggle with feather growth...