Is my Cochin chick too underweight?

[bamoram]

Hi All,
I have 8 chicks, each one is a different breed. I just weighed them for the first time at 3 weeks today and my Cochin chick is quite a bit smaller than the rest. She was the smallest the day she shipped also and was having trouble getting off her back when she flipped over. After day three she was fine. She eats and drinks but not as much as the other birds, I think.

Here are their weights in grams:
brahma 192
Buff orp 203
wyandotte 174
salmon fav 173
Cream legbar 187
maran 195
dominique 144
cochin 126

Should I be concerned?
Thanks!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi All,
I have 8 chicks, each one is a different breed. I just weighed them for the first time at 3 weeks today and my Cochin chick is quite a bit smaller than the rest. She was the smallest the day she shipped also and was having trouble getting off her back when she flipped over. After day three she was fine. She eats and drinks but not as much as the other birds, I think.

Here are their weights in grams:
brahma 192
Buff orp 203
wyandotte 174
salmon fav 173
Cream legbar 187
maran 195
dominique 144
cochin 126

Should I be concerned?
Thanks!

Is she a bantam?

 

[bamoram]

Is she a bantam?

She is not supposed to be! I got them from Meyer Hatchery, and I don't see where they sell bantam Partridge Cochins.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi All,
I have 8 chicks, each one is a different breed. I just weighed them for the first time at 3 weeks today and my Cochin chick is quite a bit smaller than the rest. She was the smallest the day she shipped also and was having trouble getting off her back when she flipped over. After day three she was fine. She eats and drinks but not as much as the other birds, I think.

Here are their weights in grams:
brahma 192
Buff orp 203
wyandotte 174
salmon fav 173
Cream legbar 187
maran 195
dominique 144
cochin 126

Should I be concerned?
Thanks!

She is not supposed to be! I got them from Meyer Hatchery, and I don't see where they sell bantam Partridge Cochins.

Well, I don't know.
Since she was having trouble when you got her, she may just be a runt and will catch up.
Chicks grow at different rates, so comparing them to one another sometimes doesn't work.

You are doing it right - you are weighing her. I would get a weight on her every few days, see if she's gaining.

 

[bamoram]

Well, I don't know.
Since she was having trouble when you got her, she may just be a runt and will catch up.
Chicks grow at different rates, so comparing them to one another sometimes doesn't work.

You are doing it right - you are weighing her. I would get a weight on her every few days, see if she's gaining.

Thanks, I will do that.