Scaling problems using DataTemplate

I am using Xamarin Forms share projects and am having issues with scaling. I am using Xamarin Forms DataTemplate to render a list of task items. Here is the code. _itemList.ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(typeof(RendererTaskItem)); The RenderTaskItem is a class that lays out each item. It contains three labels that are scaled. The problem is when the list comes in the first Item in the list is not scaled but the other items are. This seem like there is a bug in the DataTemplate class with the scaling property.