Well the last few days have brought some highs and lows. All seemed to be going well, with both Fred & Freda making the best of the bad weather. However, there started to appear a noticeable size difference between the chicks, 4 chicks seemed to be getting the lion's share of any food coming in, but they all seemed to be holding their own. Then yesterday, after another miserable wet day with little food, the weakest chick succumbed and perished. Freda quickly removed him from the nest, so we were left with the 'Magnificent 7'. The remaining chicks, are developing fast, and are all now feathered up, and a few of the bolder ones are even wing flapping! Today brought another sad development, as we lost another little one, he was constantly being trampled on by his bigger siblings, and finally gave up :( ... So we now have just 6 of the original 10 remaining. I fear that we may lose at least another one, so I'll monitor their progress carefully, but hopefully all remaining 6 will make it, fingers crossed.
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Some sad news ...
6th June 2012
Well the last few days have brought some highs and lows. All seemed to be going well, with both Fred & Freda making the best of the bad weather. However, there started to appear a noticeable size difference between the chicks, 4 chicks seemed to be getting the lion's share of any food coming in, but they all seemed to be holding their own. Then yesterday, after another miserable wet day with little food, the weakest chick succumbed and perished. Freda quickly removed him from the nest, so we were left with the 'Magnificent 7'. The remaining chicks, are developing fast, and are all now feathered up, and a few of the bolder ones are even wing flapping! Today brought another sad development, as we lost another little one, he was constantly being trampled on by his bigger siblings, and finally gave up :( ... So we now have just 6 of the original 10 remaining. I fear that we may lose at least another one, so I'll monitor their progress carefully, but hopefully all remaining 6 will make it, fingers crossed.
Well the last few days have brought some highs and lows. All seemed to be going well, with both Fred & Freda making the best of the bad weather. However, there started to appear a noticeable size difference between the chicks, 4 chicks seemed to be getting the lion's share of any food coming in, but they all seemed to be holding their own. Then yesterday, after another miserable wet day with little food, the weakest chick succumbed and perished. Freda quickly removed him from the nest, so we were left with the 'Magnificent 7'. The remaining chicks, are developing fast, and are all now feathered up, and a few of the bolder ones are even wing flapping! Today brought another sad development, as we lost another little one, he was constantly being trampled on by his bigger siblings, and finally gave up :( ... So we now have just 6 of the original 10 remaining. I fear that we may lose at least another one, so I'll monitor their progress carefully, but hopefully all remaining 6 will make it, fingers crossed.
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Glad the odds are good for those remaining. Hey survival of the fittest.
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