My new fuzzy butts...New pics pg. 3

[shelleyb1969]

2 BLRW and 1 Welsummer from Vicki2x2, hatched 1/7:

Checking out the new guy...a black mottled bantam cochin, hatched 1/10:

The little cochin chick is only 3 days younger than the other guys! How teeny tiny, but so adorable!

I only had 4 eggs from Vicki in the hatcher, so 3 out of 4 is great IMO. And I only had 2 bantam cochin eggs in the hatcher...those eggs were in the priority mail system for 11 days!

 

[debilorrah]

I just love baby chicks!!!!!!!!!!!! Very very very cute!

 

[shelleyb1969]

Today's the BLRW and Welsummer's birthdays, so here's a few pics of them at 1 week old!

This little BLRW is named "Special Ed", or just Ed for short. He has a disorder/deformity that I believe to be wry neck. He's unable to hold his head up in a normal position or keep his eyelid open on his left eye. I struggled with the idea of putting him down, but he's never suffered and has been a true fighter since hatch. He eats and drinks on his own, as well as keeps himself groomed. Other than his appearance, he's completely normal. In this pic, he's taking a snooze after a very eventful morning.

And this is MC2, a black mottled bantam cochin. Absolutely the tiniest little chick I've ever seen. I put her in the brooder with the big guys (blrw and welsummer) today, and everyone's getting along wonderfully. So this little one won't be growing up alone.

 

[HorseFeathers]

 

[redoak]

Cute chicks, especially the black mottled bantam cochin.

 

[miss_jayne]

so way cute! tell LCLM i like his peeps!

 

[shelleyb1969]

Here's a pic of the egg this little cochin hatched from (I used the eyeglasses as a size comparison):

And in this position is EXACTLY how I found it in the bator...almost put itself back together!

 

[AmazonDragon]

Babies are so adorable!!!

 

[MrsShag]

awwww soooooooo sweet!

 

[shelleyb1969]

Wellie (Welsummer), Cocoa (BLRW), and Ed (BLRW) are 10 days old today. And DJ (Mottled Cochin) is 1 week old today. Here's some new pics of them. They're all growing up so fast!

The whole gang:

Can you believe this is Ed?!

He's been showing REMARKABLE improvement over the past few days. He's walking with his head/neck upright and is trying to open his eye.

I'm hoping that by continuing with the vitamin/mineral supplement he will eventually be completely normal.

I see such an improvement in him every day.:

Cocoa and DJ:

Wellie, the friendliest one of them all: