Update on "Chick foot growth"....and questions...

[festivefeet]

Wanted to update and say that I think the vitamins are working with the chick foot growth that I posted a few days back. Thanks for the advice to supplement. I couldn't find anything with Biotin in it though...so I am using what I could find by Durvet.

Wanted to ask about the chicks stunted growth. She is much smaller than the other Buff Oprington that I have...her eyes are much smaller as you can see in the above photo. Her feathers are growing in much slower and she weighs less. Should I be concerned about this? Do you think she will turn out okay and lay eggs like the rest?

Thanks.
Jessica

 

[glowworm]

Wish I had more to say to help you...

but she looks like she has a dwarf gene. Not just because she is smaller, but the leg length compared to body ratio and the other physical differences.


There is a pic of a dwarf Marans at the bottom of this page, so you can get an idea of what I mean; http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Marans/BRKMarans.html

 

[chicklips]

I am glad to hear that the vitaminsmins are working.

 

[festivefeet]

So if for some reason she is a dwarf, will that affect her? Will it hurt her? Will she still produce the same amount of eggs? Will the eggs be smaller?

Thanks.
Jessica