No, even if she were a bantam, she should be farther along with feather development and she was the same size as everyone else initially. I have 4 who have this stunted growth in this batch; never seen it before.
Check out the size difference on these two:
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Oh and legs are pink with a slight gray? You can see them clearly in this photo from June 13:
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(Yes, she did get her toe pecked off and it’s a bloody stump.
I see what you mean. Interestingly enough I have a 10 week old blue silkie from a feed store, that I recently found out was originally from McMurray and she’s been extremely stunted her whole life. She’s absolutely tiny.No, even if she were a bantam, she should be farther along with feather development and she was the same size as everyone else initially. I have 4 who have this stunted growth in this batch; never seen it before.
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Photos were taken last week on same day.
I looked up the Phoenix and it’s very close, and would make sense as a rare mystery chick. They are gorgeous!
OEGBs are bantams right? I really don’t think she’s a bantam. She was the same size as everyone else at the beginning, where previous bantams I’ve raised were obviously smaller, and feathered out about the same rate.
Whoa! My stunted ones are from 4 different breeds and had a lot of trauma with all the pecking, so I’m not blaming McMurray for this. I wonder what happened with your chick?
I’ve just assumed she was born a runt, not necessarily something the hatchery “did”, other than maybe breeding weak genetics, but I think the big hatcheries are more of a quantity over quality situation. She was a pretty weak chick and now is just the tiniest but sassiest little chicken.
