Personally, I think that the cutest animal (as a baby) is the northern saw-whet owl. In general, I think owl chicks can look a bit hidious (no offense owls!) but northern saw-whet owl chicks are the most adorable little things.
Just look at some of photos taken by iNaters.
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i think its hognose snakes, turtles, deer, and turkeys, which i’ve been calling turklets because poult isnt a very cute name for them lol
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Obviously this is very subjective, but have you seen black rail chicks??? 
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They are the cutest!!! 
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Baby quail! Adults themselves are absolutely adorable, and their babies are tiny and fluffy and perfect.
Here’s a female Northern Bobwhite with her chicks (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249425544)
California Quails (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244002986)(https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240691425)(https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238129479)
And Gambel’s Quail chicks with their father (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238125679)
I also love baby anole lizards, baby turtles of any species, and the babies of nightjars and plovers are super cute, too.
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Those are cool birds!
The chicks are really adorable!
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Very similar to guinea fowl chicks! Which are near the top of my personal list : ) It’s a shame that their parents do not think so too! If the group is accidentally flushed the parents will escape and it’s every chick for itself! Luckily the parents have ~14 eggs per batch.
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Definitely birds: ducks, plovers
Yes, and they are what you get if you search for crow chicks on the Internet. 
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I’ll third the plovers; specifically, Killdeers, which are fuzz balls with the same markings as their parents.
My bigger fave, though (in the theme of “What invasive species do you secretly LOVE”) is kittens. As in domestic cat kittens. Also lively fuzz balls.
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Um no. It’s hard enough to see black rail adults.
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I’ve become convinced that homo sapien babies are, on the whole, the cutest. Perhaps there’s a genetic-based bias at work here.
In some cases, human babies actually can transcend the cuteness limits of adorability completely, as shown here in a non-identifying photo of my grandchild (my first) who will be 4 months old very soon.
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Can’t argue with that! 
I’m pretty old-school and try not to use “cute” to describe critters lest I sound unscientific. But, lots of cuteness in the bird (and human) photos! Here’s my contribution, taken around 2001 on the Dalton Highway on Alaska’s North Slope. There was a group of almost 40 muskoxen, 11 of which were calves – jumping, running, and butting their little heads.
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That’s so cool!
I meant photos of them.
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