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19 Apr 23 — Day 8

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Day 8
Happy 1 week birthday to the middle chick!

The oldest chick is showing pin feathers on its wings 🙂

Pin feathers on the oldest chick
Pin feathers on the oldest chick


Another good day for the chicks with plenty of food, plenty of sleep and brooding from Mum and Dad.

Family portrait
Family portrait

Tom paid a brief visit at 2 am! And then a longer one at 5.08 where he had another one of those long chats with Azina. These two are just so sweet!


There have been seven feeds today, at 5.27am, 7.20am (Tom), 10.51am, 1.09pm, 4.30pm, 6.12pm and 7.32pm (short, chicks were still full).

Tom got to feed the chicks this morning.

Huddle
Huddle

Shots for today:

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    Azina feeds the chick its first meal

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    Tom ‘kisses’ the chick

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