Okay, I am totally befuddled as to what to do/how to proceed/what I have on my hands; tomorrow (Friday) will be one week since I received my 25 assorted standard brown egg layers from Ideal. All of them are healthy, active, and an incredible joy to watch. In my effort to be a good father/ care giver, my quandry, is - Do I leave this little one with the other eating machines or should I set up a second brooder and seperate this one with another 1 or 2 calm playmates? All shipped together so presumably the same age? Right? This little one is just not growing like the others. She is still the same size as the day she arrived. She has developed some wing feathers so I know she is thriving, she is still just soooooo tiny! I just witnessed a bit ago, a situation where she got knocked over by another chick and she was having trouble fighting her way back up off the bottom of the brooder as the others are just so much bigger, When they were near her she just could not get her footing to get back up. I have seen her eating and drinking just fine (and as much as the others). What are the chances of getting a bantam mixed into an assortment like this? Is there something I should be doing extra for her? Is there a possibility of something wrong with her? (I have seen no signs of illness and have kept the Gatorade mix(Thank You Swiftfoot!!!) in the waterer all week for electrolytes and have even dosed two fresh refills with poly-vi-sol for vitamins) They are on medicated started and really seem to love the food, I (Purina Start & Grow). Temps in the brooder have ranged between 95°- 100° in the bottom of the brooder all week. I do not keep the heat lamp on during the day as it has been mid 90's outside all week and the store room they are kept in is not air conditioned so it gets quite warm back there so the heat lamp is not needed during the day. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what is going on here?
edited to add pics
Here she is with another chick I initially thought was the same breed
And here she is with one of the BO chicks.
I was trying to show how small she is in comparison to the other two, well second image is gone let me try again
edited to add pics
Here she is with another chick I initially thought was the same breed

And here she is with one of the BO chicks.
I was trying to show how small she is in comparison to the other two, well second image is gone let me try again
Last edited: