New chicks

The younger chicks have been here for a week already. They are in the coop with the older ones, but separated by a fence because the Australorp keeps picking on them.

The Gold-Laced Wyandotte is the most amenable to handling from this batch:

The Welsummer (who will lay dark chocolate-colored eggs as an adult) looks similar, but doesn't have the dark spots around her face.

The Cream Brabanter is the most unusual-looking of the bunch. She is a rare breed who will have awesome spots on her feathers as an adult. Currently her little wing feathers have a pink tinge to them! It's not just my red sweatshirt tricking the camera. Unfortunately, she somehow hurt her leg during the first night in the coop. I brought her and her sisters inside for half the day and made her drink sugar water. It perked her right up and she was back to normal a few hours later, but she now hates being picked up. It was hard to get a nice picture of her because she would start SCREAMING. (She's calmed down significantly at this point, but these are early pictures.)

SCREAM

They look so funny when they sleep as chicks, face-planted into the dirt/woodchips.