I'm sorry! It's 11 poults and a little blue birchen French marans. They just got moved to the brooder last night with more coming out of the Hatcher today.
People are hardest because we as people are way more apt to notice niggling details subconsciously that aren't quite right especially in the facial proportions, as compared to other animals. Every tiny detail that is off slightly seems to shout at our brain, deformed! Whereas with say a bird you...
The Earthsea cycle follows a young wizard named Ged. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea
Here is the first book, A Wizard of Earthsea.
I would still humbly recommend the Earthsea series as a good 'young adult' or teenager coming of age story. It is a bit older, but the story is deep and engaging. Ursula K LeGuin writes some real thinkers, especially in her Hainish cycle, often cited as among the great works of science fiction.