Can anyone tell me if there are "tinys" or dwarfism in chickens? These bantam Ameracauna chicks are from the same clutch, 11 days old.
Twelve hatched, 11 are the size of the chick on the left. The tiny one is active, chirpy, eats and drinks, just doesn't seem to be growing. I hauled out my gram scale last night and she weighed 19 gm, compared to 49 gm for the other. She weighed 20 gm this am. She was one of the 3 that had 'pasty butt', and hers was the worst, but that has cleared up.
Comments? Insights? Suggestions/recommendations?
My appologies for the blurry pix -- I"m no good at close-ups. Eunice
Twelve hatched, 11 are the size of the chick on the left. The tiny one is active, chirpy, eats and drinks, just doesn't seem to be growing. I hauled out my gram scale last night and she weighed 19 gm, compared to 49 gm for the other. She weighed 20 gm this am. She was one of the 3 that had 'pasty butt', and hers was the worst, but that has cleared up.
Comments? Insights? Suggestions/recommendations?
My appologies for the blurry pix -- I"m no good at close-ups. Eunice