Well the singleton and his father are ok again. After a night and morning, I put the father back in the cage and the boot changed feet! The baby mobbed the father to get fed. I am not sure if he is eating by himself yet and will leave them together a while longer but since the hen is now sitting on 2 new eggs, he will have to move soon.

And all the cousins have left their nest too.

This clear yellow bird is very pretty - pale lemon - she may darken at the moult in autumn. She is quite a bold wee thing and grwoing so quickly I can sometimes mistake her for her mother.

This is one of the clear yellow's green siblings. The trick is to make them go to the floor for food. It's not working yet!

Except when they get there by accident! This week I hope they will be eating more by themselves leaving their mothers' to get on with the next round of eggs. I've built some new cages for the 4 of them to meet - it can still all go wrong yet. This is a tricky point but hopefully they will show one another how to eat.


Singleton with Mum.