Have some baby chickens!

[pacificpikachu]

The whole chick gang! Three are Charming's, three are from the incubator, and one is the mystery bantam chick I got the other day from rehabbing. Poor black and white chick is still sleepy from hatching I think. Hopefully it'll be all right.







The three youngest chicks from the incubator:





Bottle cap and pen for size reference. They are TINY!

Mystery bantam chick, who is maybe a cochin or cochin mix? It has fuzzy feet and blue feathers coming in. :) It looks big compared to the serama chicks, but...er...that's not saying much. It's still teeny-tiny!



This one is my favorite, it has the most GORGEOUS coloring! It's chocolate-colored with a white ring around its neck and black and blue on its back. So pretty! It's very energetic, too, haha, it was nearly impossible to take pictures of it!





Also, book I found at Barnes and Noble the other day. Worst title ever?



There were no pips by this evening so I opened up the remainder of the eggs. Unsurprisingly, all dead. I'm not sure why--the chicks looked fine, hadn't internally pipped either, though, and none of them had absorbed their yolk fully though some were close. Odd, but the mail was rough on these eggs so that's just how things go. Oh well--I am thankful for the three chicks I got!

Comments

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

... I WOULD BUY THAT BOOK. NGL.

Also holy fuck I can't even decide which chick I think is cuter. THE RED ONE IS SO PRETTY, but I'm so partial to the all white ne. S-SO CUTE.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I would have if I had the money! Alas, no job. Maybe it'll still be there someday when I do have money. :'D I'll bet it's a hilarious read.

Haha, truth be told, they're ALL super cute! ♥ It'll be fun seeing what colors they grow up to be, as there's no way to know at this point (other than the white one, who will be white, unsurprisingly!).

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Indeed they are! ♥ :D

[straydogstarbck.livejournal.com]

Your chicks are so so so adorable! I love how they're all different colors. Congrats on the new kids!

Also, I love the color on that red one. (I think she and I almost have the same hair color, haha... :'D)

[ylmik-wisty.livejournal.com]

oh my god, it took me a second to understand the title of that book XDD that's terrible.

THOSE CHICKS. SO MANY COLORS! they're so cute and beautiful!

[vehemence.livejournal.com]

So tiny and cute ;~;

[snowflaika.livejournal.com]

;o; how can they be so TINY. They're barely bigger than the bottle cap, this blows my mind. SO CUTE.
(I kept scrolling up looking at the pictures three times while writing this XD)

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are indeed SUPER tiny! The only smaller baby birds I've dealt with are baby quail, which are just a little bit smaller! For reference, a normal baby chick (ie, a standard laying breed) would be about four times the size of these little fluffs. :D

(Er, edited to say I meant the only smaller baby birds that are precocial (which means they hatch and run around and eat things right away, instead of being hatched naked and helpless). I've dealt with baby bushtits and hummingbirds, and THOSE are brainbreakingly tiny, hahaha.)

[astralvulpes.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness - those chicks are ADORABLE, and I agree with you about your favourite - he DOES have striking and beautiful markings.

Also, lawl, at that book. Showing that to my roommate, now. XD

[loika.livejournal.com]

At first I was like, "why is there a pen and a bottle cap in the pictures" and then I stopped and noted that obviously they're there for size comparison and that the chicks are so small. And so cute! I think my favourites are the white one and the chocolate one. :)

[pdutogepi.livejournal.com]

Haaaaa! So cuuute! They are all such beautiful colourings ;w;

[hideincarnate.livejournal.com]

So cute, I love all the little chicks!

[kyogres.livejournal.com]

lol That book. I would buy it for the lulz.

And those chicks are adorable. <3