Meet Early. He pipped 2 days before all of the others. He has his daddy's black borders.
MY NEW NESTBOX PROTOCOL: Our Sunkist diffused girl was expected to lay while we were out of town and I wanted to try something different in her nestbox. The bottom layer of her nestbox was peat with all excess water squeezed out. I put the normal layer of orchid moss on top of the peat. After a few days of her rooting in and out of her nexbox and through the medium, the peat and orchid moss were completely mixed and I liked the texture. It had nice airspace but never dried out bc peat holds moisture well. We came home last night and this morning I found her and her perfectly plump eggs completely covered in the mix. The nest very much reminded me of finding a clutch of eggs in a rotted out log filled with broken down damp cellulose in nature.
MY NEW NESTBOX PROTOCOL: Our Sunkist diffused girl was expected to lay while we were out of town and I wanted to try something different in her nestbox. The bottom layer of her nestbox was peat with all excess water squeezed out. I put the normal layer of orchid moss on top of the peat. After a few days of her rooting in and out of her nestbox and through the medium, the peat and orchid moss were completely mixed and I liked the texture. It had nice airspace but never dried out bc peat holds moisture well. This morning I found her, and her perfectly plump eggs, completely covered in the mix. The nest very much reminded me of finding a clutch of eggs in a rotted out log filled with broken down damp cellulose in nature.
2nd red foot baby to come out of his shell....