Beasley
Rollerblading along the road
You may have seen my first thread about these little ones here, and thanks to some excellent help from our members (with very special thanks to @finchly) they are no longer living in a box of poop and are hopefully on their ways to long and healthy lives!
In total there are the two parents, two weeks-old chicks, one 2 day old chick, and nine eggs! They were surrendered to a store and I have taken them in to give them a less stressful environment to hatch and grow up. I am vexed with the two most prevalent parenting questions: am I doing this right? And should I be doing more?
The parents are happy and the chicks seem to be doing great. The two older chicks have their eyes open and the youngest is growing larger every day! None of the other eggs have hatched yet. I’m not sure if I should candle them or if I should just leave the nest alone. Likewise I don’t know if I should leave the older chicks as they are or pull them so they don’t crush any other newborn chicks. So far I’ve left them alone and everything has been going well.
I thought I’d document their journey here, here is their progression so far from Sunday-today, Tuesday. The original nest box picture is hard to look at...
Monday
Today
Mom & Dad
In total there are the two parents, two weeks-old chicks, one 2 day old chick, and nine eggs! They were surrendered to a store and I have taken them in to give them a less stressful environment to hatch and grow up. I am vexed with the two most prevalent parenting questions: am I doing this right? And should I be doing more?
The parents are happy and the chicks seem to be doing great. The two older chicks have their eyes open and the youngest is growing larger every day! None of the other eggs have hatched yet. I’m not sure if I should candle them or if I should just leave the nest alone. Likewise I don’t know if I should leave the older chicks as they are or pull them so they don’t crush any other newborn chicks. So far I’ve left them alone and everything has been going well.
I thought I’d document their journey here, here is their progression so far from Sunday-today, Tuesday. The original nest box picture is hard to look at...


Monday

Today

Mom & Dad
