Runty chick? Will it be ok?

[Cheekychook11]

I am raising several Pekin bantams and one is developing much slower than the others, it is growing and developing feathers and acting normal, just much slower, it hatched from the biggest egg last and was larger than most other chicks but now it’s been outgrown, is this chick a runt, and will it be ok?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'd make sure she'd eating/drinking o.k.

Give her some Poultry Nutri-drench a couple of times a day.

 

[WingItRanch]

Hi! I lost a couple chicks that looked so much smaller and not as active as others. I believe it was failure to thrive.

However, Here's a thread that may provide you some optimism regarding your runt! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/stunted-dwarf-runt-chick.1625007/page-6

 

[Cheekychook11]

Fortunately this chick is very active, so I’m not too worried yet, so long as it feathers up, I’ve actually read that post, it was very interesting, I don’t have any Nutri drench but I’ll look for some if the chick declines at all

 

[Gumby the gelding]

my sister had a duck who we named tiny because she was so small but ended up being on of the biggest ducks, I know that you don’t have a duck though.