How could you resist a face like that?

Friday we picked up some more chicks at the feed store to replace the dearly departed nine that disappeared over spring break... I hope the coyotes choked on the bones! We were originally going to get buffs like we originally had, but these austrolorpes are supposedly really good layers, are very similar in personality to buffs and, besides, how can you resist a face like this!
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After some messing around we finally got one of our brooding buffs to accept the little chicks as her own. She makes a cute mommy and seems to take good care of them. Right now she is occupying the large coop. The other eight chickens are occupying the original (small) coop; they are drenched in the rain and haven't laid today... hopefully they recover from the cruel and unusual shock!

Anyway, here are some pictures of some of the seventeen cutest fluff-balls you've seen...
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...and a picture of some very upset buffs.