Worried about 3-week old Ameracauna chick--walking funny, bad balance

Primrose

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Here is our little namesake, Primrose! She's a 3-week Ameracauna chick and she's walking super funny all of a sudden.

She waddles, her body swaying side to side, and stumbles easily. She is still interested in eating and she lives in a bin on pine shavings with our 4 other chicks. She tends to vocalize a lot though, almost as though she's upset about something. This isn't new behavior, but the waddling is. Her outer toe seems to splay out.
Here's a closeup of her feet. To me they don't really look funky, but what do I know.

She's also about half the size of the other chickens. I know she'll be smaller than the others (they are: 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock, 1 Dominique, and 1 Buff Orpington) but still, she doesn't really seem to be growing much.

Any thoughts?? I'd post pics, of which I have many, but since I'm a newbie, it won't let me.
 
Go to the new member forum and greet new members. That will get your numbers up and then you can post pics. The pictures will really help. I will not be of much help but someone on here will be.

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Just noticed that I forgot to take out the language that references photos in my first post. Silly me....
 
Okay, I'm legit now!!

Here's Prim!
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See how her toe splays out?
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Another view of her feet:
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Prim is a lot smaller than Eloise, though I think that's normal for her breed??
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Thanks in advance for any replies!!!
 
Here's a pic of Prim from the 15th--she was standing just fine. Now she doesn't stand up like this, she waddles around with her belly almost on the floor.
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Her feet are also grayish now, not yellowish like in this pic.

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