Good morning! I'm a first-timer with 6 BRs who are 2.5 weeks old. One is smaller than the rest. While the others are consistent with their "OMG, the sky is falling! Oh wait, you have food!" behavior (which is really funny to watch), the little one never seems to catch on. She always hides literally underneath the bigger ones. She seems to sit down more than the others, but I've seen her scratch and peck, eat and drink, so I don't think she has a physical problem. I think she's just weird, ha ha!
The other ones are starting to eat from my hand when I slowly reach in there with a handful of chick feed. She will never even come close. I'm not taking this personally because frankly, they will be egg/meat sources for us, but she's acting different enough to stand out. No one's picking on her, or each other for that matter. While I see skin poking through on each of them, I'm assuming it's because the fuzz is leaving as they get feathers, which are all coming in really well. I see no evidence of wounds/blood/scabs, pasty butt, colds/sickness, irregular poop, etc.
Does she just have a smaller peabrain than usual? lol!
The other ones are starting to eat from my hand when I slowly reach in there with a handful of chick feed. She will never even come close. I'm not taking this personally because frankly, they will be egg/meat sources for us, but she's acting different enough to stand out. No one's picking on her, or each other for that matter. While I see skin poking through on each of them, I'm assuming it's because the fuzz is leaving as they get feathers, which are all coming in really well. I see no evidence of wounds/blood/scabs, pasty butt, colds/sickness, irregular poop, etc.
Does she just have a smaller peabrain than usual? lol!
