A proud father watches as Mum feeds the children….they don’t get left in the cold for long ….then Dad steps in to keep them warm….but after a bite to eat herself Mum takes over again – after all she is bigger and can keep them warm more easily.
Dad looks very proud as Mum feeds the chicks
Mum feeds her brood
A ball of 4 fluffy chicks in a cloud of feathers
Mum comes back to take over
All 4 chicks being fed by Mum. She makes sure each one gets enough to eat.
4 chicks being fed by Mum
4 chicks are visible and confirmed.
Breakfast in bed for everyone!
Breakfast in bed
Breakfast in Bed
Changeover time revealed no eggs and 3 hungry chicks the fourth has possibly not been long hatched and didn’t show a head.
Dad comes to take over
Dad takes over
The second chick is here and the third one on the way ……..
One chick hatched and by the look of it another on the way! Then dad takes over.
one chick and mum and dad
There is at least one…….Chick !!
Chick……..
Such a good Mum despite all the weather we have chicks…..we think ….here is a piece of one of the eggs……but so much has been going on through out the day…..there could be two…….!!
Piece of egg……
Dad stayed for sometime trying to get a peak …..he may know more than we do…….
Trying to get a peak….
