Help.... Runt? Dwarfism? Failure to Thrive?

[2244chicandy]

She does forage the same. I will try to start weighing them. They are squirmy little buggers. Lol. I am beginning to worry about her getting hurt in the cross hair of the others zipping about.

I have the same situation. I just got these chicks and 7 are already more than twice her size and they are only 2 weeks old. She is a little wobbly and stays under the brooder more than the others, but she is not isolating herself. She tries to keep up, not being bullied intentionally and eats if she doesn't end up on her back from being knocked over by the others who are just playing. I have started her on vitamin E and Selenium but starting to think she is just a dwarf. Getting wing feathers but definitely not progressing as quickly as the others.

 

[Project Blue]

I would guess she is bantam bred. I imagine the feed stores have trouble keeping all the chicks sorted and a loose chick would likely get tossed in a pen they look like. I have 2 Frosty Legbars that were supposed to be Starlight Green Eggers. They were yellowish chicks and pretty much looked like SGE I bought before at R King. It wasn't obvious until they started feathering out.