Baby chick that won’t grow

[Ss74]

We recently added 17 more babies to our flock, including 3 silkies that were hatched on the same day. Of the 3, one just doesn’t seem to want to grow. It’s still about the size of a week old chick. It eats and drinks and acts totally normal, it’s just tiny. Has anyone seen something like this? Are we going to end up with a tiny “full grown” chicken. This one is definitely new to us.

Pic for comparison. This bird is within a few days to a week age of the others.

 

[Goosey Girl]

Had a chick like that last year. A little black Australorp named Coco. She was tiny for several months growing very slowly. She caught up in growth to the others, lays pretty Coco eggs, and is just like all the rest. Yours should catch up.

 

[RoosterHuggerLiz]

Has she gotten any bigger?

 

[Lor]

Wow! She IS tiny!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It could be failure to thrive

 

[Yanisay]

We recently added 17 more babies to our flock, including 3 silkies that were hatched on the same day. Of the 3, one just doesn’t seem to want to grow. It’s still about the size of a week old chick. It eats and drinks and acts totally normal, it’s just tiny. Has anyone seen something like this? Are we going to end up with a tiny “full grown” chicken. This one is definitely new to us.

Pic for comparison. This bird is within a few days to a week age of the others.

AWW she looks soooooooooo cute standing next to the others

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I had a tiny/runt CLB who grew but was always smaller than her flock mates. This is her with same age sister at about 6 weeks. She layed tiny eggs sometimes with no yoke. She basically just lived her best tiny life even though she was picked on a little, until one day she died at about 2 and I didn't really stop to consider what she died from since she was always so little. I named her lemon, cause was a cute little lemon

 

[Lynnsacres]

We recently added 17 more babies to our flock, including 3 silkies that were hatched on the same day. Of the 3, one just doesn’t seem to want to grow. It’s still about the size of a week old chick. It eats and drinks and acts totally normal, it’s just tiny. Has anyone seen something like this? Are we going to end up with a tiny “full grown” chicken. This one is definitely new to us.

Pic for comparison. This bird is within a few days to a week age of the others.

Oh my I have a Blue Splash Marian that has not grown either. She is still the size of a one week old chick. All others are 5 to 6”. She eats sleeps and poops. Some of the other chickens keep her protected and warm. No one has caused her harm. They are 4 weeks old. I am wondering when I let them all out in the run what to do with her.

 

[Lynnsacres]

How are you handling you were one? Did she grow?

 

[Dharmachick]

I have one too, an orpington. I move her to the newly hatched brooders every 3 weeks. She is 10 weeks old and the size of a 4 week old now. She just started feathering out. I feed her mealworms with her feed every day and that has made a difference. We call her Nanny.