Baby chick isn’t growing

[chicklover1]

I have one chick that just isn’t growing like the others. Still looks as it did when I first got them at a couple days old. They are a little more then two weeks now. Is this normal?

 

[azygous]

No. Chicks normally double in size each week for the first ten weeks.

You likely have a failure-to-thrive chick. (FTT) These chicks are most noticeable for their failure to keep up with their brooder mates in growth. They often have genetic issues that prevent them from utilizing calories and nutrients efficiently. They are often cold and need to be under the heat source a lot. They tend to have digestive issues and are prone to being constipated.

A few will respond to special feedings of easily digestible foods such as boiled egg and tofu. I sprinkle the food with Poultry Nutri-drench. This can help jump start a FTT chick, and they can sometimes catch up in growth, but most never reach full size, that is, if they live.

If your chick is active and doesn't seem to be sickly, trying the high protein special feedings may help. I found that keeping the chick with the others and feeding the egg and tofu to all the chicks is preferable to isolating the chick. The weak chick is more apt to be stimulated by the others to eat, and they learn quickly to compete for the food.

 

[chicklover1]

No. Chicks normally double in size each week for the first ten weeks.

You likely have a failure-to-thrive chick. (FTT) These chicks are most noticeable for their failure to keep up with their brooder mates in growth. They often have genetic issues that prevent them from utilizing calories and nutrients efficiently. They are often cold and need to be under the heat source a lot. They tend to have digestive issues and are prone to being constipated.

A few will respond to special feedings of easily digestible foods such as boiled egg and tofu. I sprinkle the food with Poultry Nutri-drench. This can help jump start a FTT chick, and they can sometimes catch up in growth, but most never reach full size, that is, if they live.

If your chick is active and doesn't seem to be sickly, trying the high protein special feedings may help. I found that keeping the chick with the others and feeding the egg and tofu to all the chicks is preferable to isolating the chick. The weak chick is more apt to be stimulated by the others to eat, and they learn quickly to compete for the food.

No. Chicks normally double in size each week for the first ten weeks.

You likely have a failure-to-thrive chick. (FTT) These chicks are most noticeable for their failure to keep up with their brooder mates in growth. They often have genetic issues that prevent them from utilizing calories and nutrients efficiently. They are often cold and need to be under the heat source a lot. They tend to have digestive issues and are prone to being constipated.

A few will respond to special feedings of easily digestible foods such as boiled egg and tofu. I sprinkle the food with Poultry Nutri-drench. This can help jump start a FTT chick, and they can sometimes catch up in growth, but most never reach full size, that is, if they live.

If your chick is active and doesn't seem to be sickly, trying the high protein special feedings may help. I found that keeping the chick with the others and feeding the egg and tofu to all the chicks is preferable to isolating the chick. The weak chick is more apt to be stimulated by the others to eat, and they learn quickly to compete for the food.

I have one chick that just isn’t growing like the others. Still looks as it did when I first got them at a couple days old. They are

No. Chicks normally double in size each week for the first ten weeks.

You likely have a failure-to-thrive chick. (FTT) These chicks are most noticeable for their failure to keep up with their brooder mates in growth. They often have genetic issues that prevent them from utilizing calories and nutrients efficiently. They are often cold and need to be under the heat source a lot. They tend to have digestive issues and are prone to being constipated.

A few will respond to special feedings of easily digestible foods such as boiled egg and tofu. I sprinkle the food with Poultry Nutri-drench. This can help jump start a FTT chick, and they can sometimes catch up in growth, but most never reach full size, that is, if they live.

If your chick is active and doesn't seem to be sickly, trying the high protein special feedings may help. I found that keeping the chick with the others and feeding the egg and tofu to all the chicks is preferable to isolating the chick. The weak chick is more apt to be stimulated by the others to eat, and they learn quickly to compete for the food.

This is a comparison, it doesn’t look much smaller in the picture but it is slightly smaller plus the bigger one is squatting, there is no wing or feather growth. Thank you for all the info!

 

[azygous]

Try the special feedings. The earlier you can intervene with special nutrition, the better the chances of a positive outcome.