Double Clutches

It has been a very successful year getting four different breeds of bird to produce young but if that wasn't enough two have decided to have there second clutch for the year. The Red Rumped female was laying new eggs in the nesting box even before all the young had left the box and by the egg fragment I believe she may have hatched the first of her second clutch.

Meanwhile the King Quail female found a new nesting location as soon as her previous chicks were of an independent size and she has produced another four chicks. The chicks are an exact replica of the previous clutch; one silver and three normal coloured.