Small Chicken

[mrchicken]

My 4 chickens are 10 weeks old (they were all born on the same day) but one chicken is the size of a normal 4-5 week old chicken.
I have one big chicken, a smaller one, an even smaller one, and finally the small one.
Is this a sickness? Is there anything I can do about this?

 

[teach1rusl]

Are they all the same breed?

 

[chicmom]

Hello, I wouldn't say they were sick. Sometimes they do grow at different rates....And they will also get their feathers at different rates too sometimes. As long as they've got plenty of food and water, and they're acting fine, I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe you could feed them some chopped egg yolks for some estra protein. That might help!

Sharon

 

[mrchicken]

Thanks. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME BREED!!!

 

[7L Farm]

The smaller chickens will probably catch up. I had one that was a runt but she caught up.

 

[crawfordmama]

In my experience, there is always a little peanut. They all grow at their own rate, but typically they eventually get to around the same size.

 

[teach1rusl]

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Maybe the others aren't small - maybe your one chicken is an abnormally FAST grower...lol. jkidding

As was said, as long as they are eating/drinking/behaving normally, I wouldn't worry...

 

[FarmCoe]

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[kauffmann]

my chicken is realy small and it is shivering is that normal it is a month old