Two pictures of the little green baby - looks like a single chick nest.

Great thrill today - the green hen has hatched an egg. I am so pleased. I thought this pair would never be successful. She has one egg left to hatch or it may be two depending on whether today's egg is a day late or on time. This is a picture I am delighted to show.

At just over one week, the chicks' growth rate is impressive.

And a two weeks coming on to their third, these little guys will have left the nest by next week.

Chicked ringed No 13 is fine after his fall out of the nest yesterday. Here's a nice picture of the three chicks in the first nest.

Almost had a minor disaster today. I  went up to feed the birds late afternoon, to find one of the nest of four lying on the cage bottom. It must have tumbled out the nest. I cupped the baby in my hands and breathed on it to warm it up and it perked up. Ten minutes later it had been fed by the parents. Fingers crossed it keeps alive.

Two pictures of the nests this morning. Next week we may have a third nest. Fingers crossed.

Some pictures of the trio by the white hen - white feathers are emerging.

In this lower picture you can see the baby's crop - stomach - with egg food and greens.

And the second nest has four babies today. Three hatched at 13 days. The cock bird is super fertile. Every nest he has fathered has had all fertile eggs which have hatched and weaned. Fingers crossed for this four. The first picture was taken this morning and by tea time the final egg had hatched.

Again in the picture below you can see the crop filled with food.

And the green hen is sitting on what look like fertile eggs. All due to hatch from Monday coming.

Third chick hatched today. That makes 2 hatching at 13 days incubation rather than the normal 14 days. One egg left to hatch in that nest. The father is the bird which fathered 7 young last year including my big winner, the yellow hen. All seem to be clear.

In the white hen's nest, we have two dark winged, yellow bellied and what I think is a white. All are now ringed. The legs of the chicks are just right at 6 days to get the rings on - a day later is too late.

The green hen has three eggs - at least one looks fertile this time. Fingers crossed.

First picture of the first of two chicks to hatch today under the little deep yellow hen. We should have another 2 to hatch this week.

A range of pictures today. First the green hen sitting tightly on her three egg nest.

This little deep yellow hen is sitting on 4 fertile eggs. Her mate is the father of my big winning hen from last season. Her eggs are due to hatch from Monday next week.

And the babies - thriving I hope. Their parents are both last year's birds so not experienced parents so I hope they manage well. They seem attentive at the moment.

This morning's picture. Looks like 2 dark babies and one clear. I wonder if it will be a white?

Third chick hatched today. Great news after such a slow start to the season.

Two hatched yesterday and one today. We seem to have a further nest with 4 fertile eggs and the green hen has laid her second egg of this clutch so fingers crossed for that one. Unfortunately, we are moving house in 4 weeks so I will have to move young chicks. It's only a five minute drive to the new house from the old so hopefully the birds will not be too rattled.

You never lose the thrill on hearing that peep, peep of the new born chicks and of seeing them for the first time. It is exciting.

First chick of 2013. Mother white hen and father the cock bird from Aberdeen.

And an egg from the green hen.

This season is not going too well. 4 nests of clear eggs. The green pair sadly had all infertile eggs. However, the hen looks set to lay again soon. The white hen seems to have fertile eggs - this week will tell - and the small yellow hen, who has great depth of colour and a fantastic shape, seems to have some fertile eggs with Elizabeth's father. They are due from next Monday so we may yet have chicks. Fingers crossed since none of the others appear to be in condition.