My original pair are progressing with their nest. The hen is even looking "pregnant" - hopefully we may yet see eggs. She is in the foreground of this picture.

In a week she has constructed so, so carefully this warm and comforting looking nest.

In 2011, when  I bought this pair, they had several clutches with fertile eggs and even had one live chick which died at 8 days. I hadn't realised that the room was too hot for them and the hen had problems laying as a consequence of the room temperature being too high. Last year neither of them came into breeding condition so I am hopeful that I am getting a second chance to breed this pair. Regular viewers of these pages will know that the cock bird won Best Novice Flighted at the Scots Fancy Specialist Club show last November so if none of the other birds breed this year but this pair, I will still be delighted!