Now for the nervous part of the story - at 18 days old, the singleton chick is trying to leave the nest - his father is attacking him when he is in the open cage so I have put him back in the nest but mother wants him gone so she can start laying again. Not all babies pick up the art of feeding themselves so we just have to hope that this chap who has confounded me to date, does so again.

This picture was of him this morning before he took his first flight.

Meanwhile his cousins are not for shifting just yet. I would prefer that they all leave at the same time, given they are the same age, as a nursery group would stand a better chance of weaning as they teach one another about food!

Not my best picture but this yellow clear chick is lovely.