Why Are My Chickens So Small!!

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

i have 2 std white cochin pullet 1 barred cochin bantam roo 1 white silkie pullet and one RIR roo the are almost 22 weeks and there are as small as the come....the silkie and bantam cochin are just bigger than a soda can and the cochin pullets are about two and a half soda cans tall, what ,why are they so small

 

[roostercruiser]

What are you feeding them? Have you wormed them?

 

[Shiningfeather]

You need to be feeding them grower mash.

 

[evonne]

i'm sitting here looking at my soda cans, and thinking that sounds about right to me??

my bantam cochins are a little larger than a dove, but smaller than a pidgeon,that would be the size for the silky too, and my large fowl EE's are bigger than my leghorn, i would give the EE's 3 soda cans, and the leghorn slightly less... and i have what i think is a RIR or RIR mix, and she's the same size as the leghorn...

i do have 3 barred rocks that didn't get very big, but i also stopped feeding them the medicated chick food about a month early ... we were switching the rest of the flock and at the time just couldn't buy 2 different kinds of feed.... i'm worried that i stunted their growth.. lol... oh well.. they will eventually lay eggs which is their only worry anyway...

i see photos of other BYC'ers with their birds, and the birds look HUGE... like take up an entire adult lap... i'm guessing that a lot of these birds are breeder birds, not hatchery birds like mine.... where did you get your birds??

i might be able to get them to stand next to soda cans tomorrow or monday if you need pictures... lol...
i don't know... maybe we're both growing runts??

*edit*
i forgot i had uploaded this pic here, it shows my RIR next to my banties... does that look about like your size ratio??

 

[Tala]

I think they're still growing too.

I know my RIR roo grew a lot more after 20 weeks!

 

[Christine S]

I thought my chickens were nice and big, until I went to a local agricultural fair! The chickens they had on display there were GIMORMOUS! Even the hens!

 

[chicknjane]

They are still growing. Mine didn't really fill out until about the time they started laying.

As long as they look and act healthy, I wouldn't worry too much about size, unless you are planning on eating them.