Puzzling growth of my BCMs

[Strange Hatter Farms]

I bought some eggs online the seller said they were French Black Copper Marans with Greenfire lineage and feathered feet. They certainly do look like BCMs but not all have feathered feet. I think 2 out of the 7 that hatched don’t.

anyway, the real problem is they all hatched within a day or two of each other and growing fine besides one. It hasn’t grown at all. Its still very tiny. Does anyone know why?

They are going on about 5 weeks now

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

has it been eating the same as the others?

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

has it been eating the same as the others?

Yeah, same appetite id say. I feed him 2/3 times a day

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

maybe just a runt?

 

[my gang eats grass]

It's probably just the hatchery not having the best stock, I've gotten chicks that don't really have feather feet when they were supposed to. regarding your small chick, make sure it dosen't have droppings stuck on it's rear end, that can stunt it's growth. If it seems healthy, it could just be a runt, I've hatched one like that before, and I know someone else who has. If that's the case, it might not be the healthiest chicken when it gets older though.

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

i have also had a stunted chicken, the roo had a tumor and died at 3 months

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

It's probably just the hatchery not having the best stock, I've gotten chicks that don't really have feather feet when they were supposed to. regarding your small chick, make sure it dosen't have droppings stuck on it's rear end, that can stunt it's growth. If it seems healthy, it could just be a runt, I've hatched one like that before, and I know someone else who has. If that's the case, it might not be the healthiest chicken when it gets older though.

Thank you, ill check its butt and keep a better eye on it. Is your runt still alive or did you cull?

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

i have also had a stunted chicken, the roo had a tumor and died at 3 months

Where was the tumor located?

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

we did not know, he was just very small, wouldent eat, was lethargic and dyed, i made a post about him when he was still alive

 

[Tonyroo]

I had a Serama hatch with 1 runt pullet, by 3 months she kind of caught up to some of the various sizes I had in the brooder.