Bobmc914
Chirping
We got a dozen chicks last week in a mix of breeds. They are supposed to be all pullets.
I have one dark Brahma chick that seems to be growing more slowly than the rest. She is now smaller than the rest and she doesn't have any tail feathers coming in yet like the others do. I have 2 light Brahmas that are doing well, and one of them is my largest chick.
She doesn't like to peck the food out of the feeder. I've seen her do it a few times, but mostly she pecks bits off the edge or the floor where the other chicks have spilled it. She seems timid around the feeder, and kind of circles around behind the chicks eating. I have seen her drinking and pooping. She gets around fine. She tends to stand around more rather than laying down looking dead like the others do.
I haven't seen anyone bullying or pecking at her.
She looks sort of fat and round to me, and it looks like her wings stick out because she's too round to lay them flat along her body. I realize that's unlikely, just how it looks to me.
I tried to get some pictures, but it's tough. I got a few of her next to the light Brahma chicks. And some at the feeder
What do y'all think? Is she just a runt? Too shy to push in and eat enough? Some internal deformity?
I have one dark Brahma chick that seems to be growing more slowly than the rest. She is now smaller than the rest and she doesn't have any tail feathers coming in yet like the others do. I have 2 light Brahmas that are doing well, and one of them is my largest chick.
She doesn't like to peck the food out of the feeder. I've seen her do it a few times, but mostly she pecks bits off the edge or the floor where the other chicks have spilled it. She seems timid around the feeder, and kind of circles around behind the chicks eating. I have seen her drinking and pooping. She gets around fine. She tends to stand around more rather than laying down looking dead like the others do.
I haven't seen anyone bullying or pecking at her.
She looks sort of fat and round to me, and it looks like her wings stick out because she's too round to lay them flat along her body. I realize that's unlikely, just how it looks to me.
I tried to get some pictures, but it's tough. I got a few of her next to the light Brahma chicks. And some at the feeder
What do y'all think? Is she just a runt? Too shy to push in and eat enough? Some internal deformity?