Lavender Pekin Chicks

They're here! And they're gorgeous... omg they are so tiny though!!! They are literally less than half the size of my std wyandotte chicks at hatch!

Unfortunately the fellow who incubated them worked it out with my DH so that they met up in the city after work and he carried them home on the train. Now they were in a little box with warm water tubes but it was a long day without food or water and by the time they arrived several hours later they were cold and stressed. One little bub is very listless, one has a pooey bum both of which I'm quite worried about if they'll rally.

This is one of the Lavender babies... darker fellow and doing well.

This little one is also lavender but much ligher in down colour, the lavender shows most strongly on his back. This little one has a pooey bum and is a bit weak atm.

This little one will probably be lavender columbian, columbian split lav. or wheaten split lav. White down with a smidge of darker colour on his back and you can just barely see some greyish colour in the wing feather buds blood feathers. This is the smallest and also the weakest baby atm... :-(

And this is the surprise chick... white down. It's the biggest and pushiest of the lot and since he doesn't match any of the colour possibilities we'd expected we'll just have to wait and see what it turns out as!