slow growth

  1. Emrosenagel

    Pullet empty-ish crop, slower growth, smaller than others

    Hello! I have four 41/2 month old jersey giants. They’ve all been doing well, getting heavier, one started laying, another squats. But one of them never seems to have much food in her crop. She eats, I see her gobble it down with the rest of them, but she does shy away sometimes. I’ve never...
  2. Thorn_shrike

    Weird wing growth on Orpington chick?

    I got a couple Buff Orpington chicks from the feed store a week or so ago. They were supposed to be English Orpingtons but after the employee dumped them in the box he let me know that they were running low on the English and dumped American in there too 🙄. Anyway, I have a couple of questions...
  3. Xotomi

    Chick half the size of others

    I sometimes get one chick that ends up developmentally behind in a hatch with chicks purchased from different breeders. I don't believe all adult hens in my current adult flock have ever actually laid an egg, and have an issue with one consistently laying an egg with a very weak shell or having...
  4. A

    i have 3 silkie chicks that i am raising as pets, but one is very behind the others

    we recently brought home four silkie chicks however one passed away a couple nights ago. we have no idea why but we are now paranoid that it'll happen again. 2 of our three chicks are very plump and balanced while the other appears much smaller and skinnier as well as much weaker. they are...
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