This is the ninth Scotch Fancy chick just separated from its parents this week after they attacked it and pulled out all its tail feathers! It is a sibling of the singleton (and the second single chick they have raised this season) and as you can see has a lovely yellow chest. Shame it has no tail but that will regrow!

It is the last Scotch Fancy I will bredd this year. The pairs have been nesting since January and they (and I) need a rest!

This baby will be joined in the weaning cage with three Rollers just leaving the nest this weekend. I then have a final nest of Rollers due to hatch this weekend and that will be the end of this year's breeding season.