You do have to be quiet in the birdroom but you can still take your chances when the hens come off the nest to take a little exercise to take a little peak!

Here are the two Roller clutches - the set of four are due to hatch on Monday and the set of two are just the start of the laying of the clutch.

Many fanciers take away the eggs as they are laid and replace them with dummy plastic eggs until the hen has finished laying her clutch then place the eggs back under the hen so that the clutch all hatch on the one day. It is a method which is meant to increase the survival rate of the brood - if they all hatch at the same time they all stand the same chance of survival. I don't have the courage to try that so let the hens be and sit as their evolution intended.

The Roller hens are mother and daughter but their mates are not related to them. I have no idea why the "mother" wants to use paper to line her nest when she has perfectly decent hair and fluff to use but here you go - even canaries can exercise personal choice!