Are EE suppose to be smaller?

[SoccerMomof7]

Okay when I hatched eggs from my girls I hatched 1 EE egg, well now 2 weeks later the little one is half the size of the other chicks! I am beginning to wonder if this little guy will ever grow, is that normal?

 

[kellykate]

Ha! I have just the opposite -- my EE is HUGE!! At just over 2 weeks she is outweighing all the other breeds including a BA and a SLW --two pretty heavy birds! Maybe they just come in all sizes?! Good luck with your little one!

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Now I am really worried about my little guy!

 

[jesd]

My EE is bigger too, but they're only a week old, so I would imagine things could change. However, mypetchicken.com describes EEs as being smaller: http://www.mypetchicken.com/Day_Old_Baby_Chicks-Easter_Egger_Standard-P246.aspx Not sure how accurate that is, but you would imagine if it's a hybrid you'd see a lot of size variation, right?

 

[tattooedchickenlady]

Sometimes they just have a failure to thrive. I got 200 Golden comets, and 199 of them were growing, getting feathers, jumping and all, but the one little guy, he was smaller (much smaller) and not as energetic. I put him in the brooder with my other chicks that were younger, but he died a couple of days later....sorry, I know, not hopeful.
My EE's are standard, and they are the same size as everybody else, no, if they are bantam, that would explain it.

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Well he's made it 2 weeks already, and there is a big difference in size but he was always smaller then the others, but both parents are standard.

 

[NancyDz]

I had one like that, I even had to buy him his own banty buddy after a couple weeks because his bigger siblings were picking on him. He eventually grew up to be a HUGE rooster. His still friend is still his banty buddy... who also turned out to be a rooster!

Nancy

 

[SoccerMomof7]

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