Why isn't my silkie chick growing? UPDATED WITH PICS...

[PurpleChicken]

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Now that you mention that I remembered the eggs were labeled.

Here are more recent pics of the lawn ornaments.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

SHES A BLUE PARTRIDGE!

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Really? Woo Hoooo!!!!

Her eggs are gonna be mixed since the black and silver (I don't know the
proper color names) are the daddies.

The splash hen is the other mommy and our only current silkie not from Melanie's
stock.

We lost the white one last month to a neck injury.

She was so sweet too,
just too delicate.

 

[priszilla]

I have a runt silkie- dhlunicorn recommeded polyvisol daily for a week- then tapering off- also avia charge.mine is 12 weeks old and still tiny.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Is it a hen. I've had some tiny silkie hens, even at 12 weeks. If she has made it to
12 weeks then she's doing very well.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I guess I should mention that some silkies are just on the small side. I've got grown white hens from some very well known breeders lines and they are just SMALL. Very petite and compact. Some people just breed them that way and the genetics are passed down over time.

Personally, I prefer the petite birds that are smaller in stature.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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I'm beginning to believe that this little girl is just going to be small. But looking at my other chicks from the same breeder, and comparing them to other peoples' chicks the same age, it seems that mine ARE a more compact type. I hope they stay small and compact. Good things come in small packages, remember! I was just wondering if there maybe was something wrong with her, but I guess not. Thanks Poulets.

 

[chickorama]

In the last flock of chicks

we got, there was one small chick who was stepped on and pushed around, and hardly got any food. We thought maybe we should put her out of her misery, but we never did. Now she is a pullet, and one of the healthiest ones we've got!! I suggest just letting it grow up. You might be glad someday!!!

 

[priszilla]

She is the same size ( I keep saying she-lol= hoping I guess) as the 8 week old seramas she is hanging with now- will try to get pix- tiny tiny.

 

[balticbabe]

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Ahwwah so cute. How can they be evil?