I picked up 8 chicks. One silver lace polish and a white crested polish. All the chicks are growing but the silver lace is still pretty small compared to the rest. I call her tiny or lil one. They are about 3 weeks. She eats, drinks, plays, roosts and poops just like the others, but I feel something is wrong and I can't put my finger on it.
I noticed that she keeps her beak open sometimes after drinking and it seems like the top is not long enough to cover the bottom if that makes sense. Then other times it's closed. Then I thought maybe blind and then I see her getting around just fine. Today I gave them scrambled eggs and she took a while to come to the dish and then she would run witha piece and then come back and kind of seemed like she was watching the others to get back to the bowl.
Do they seem to grow slower? Am I missing something? She is a sweetheart, just very small. Will she catch up? The others are noticeably bigger but breeds like cinnamon Queen, EE, sapphire gem.
I noticed that she keeps her beak open sometimes after drinking and it seems like the top is not long enough to cover the bottom if that makes sense. Then other times it's closed. Then I thought maybe blind and then I see her getting around just fine. Today I gave them scrambled eggs and she took a while to come to the dish and then she would run witha piece and then come back and kind of seemed like she was watching the others to get back to the bowl.
Do they seem to grow slower? Am I missing something? She is a sweetheart, just very small. Will she catch up? The others are noticeably bigger but breeds like cinnamon Queen, EE, sapphire gem.
But I have zero reasonable indicators to such, and hope I'm wrong. 
