Would you cull this chick?

[chicknadventure]

So in the last half hour or so the chick has been scratching around in the cage and moving. Fingers crossed that it just needed less competition.

 

[Vickilynn45]

Here's hoping for a really good outcome!

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

You know, you can just provide for it and see what happens, keep it comfortable and quiet, and isolated...nature will handle it..you never said where you got this chick, it could well have a disease, the head shaking is neurological..marek's disease? Hope not, but you said this one was always not really thriving and I'm sure there was plenty to eat so competition isn't an issue. Sometimes they are just born with a deficiency, if it's not suffering in pain there's no reason to kill it. Good luck.

 

[chicknadventure]

You know, you can just provide for it and see what happens, keep it comfortable and quiet, and isolated...nature will handle it..you never said where you got this chick, it could well have a disease, the head shaking is neurological..marek's disease? Hope not, but you said this one was always not really thriving and I'm sure there was plenty to eat so competition isn't an issue. Sometimes they are just born with a deficiency, if it's not suffering in pain there's no reason to kill it. Good luck.

I bought it from a breeder, along with three other chicks. This breeder has a good reputation, the other 3 are doing GREAT. This one has always been runty.