Never make a plan!

Things have not gone to plan:-


1. I had to separate the turks from the bourkes in the green aviary. The usually placid bourkes got very aggressive when the nest boxes were put up, especially towards Goldie.

2. All the turk hens got ill. Ruby was the worst and despite my best efforts I lost her. She was the weakest looking of the hens and I don’t think she fared to well over the winter. It’s very frustrating to get the birds through the harshest winter in decades only for them to get poorly at the start of the breeding season. Goldie is still not right and the attacks from the bourkes and over-attention from her mate Rudolph hasn’t helped. They’ve now been separated.
Young phoenix also got ill, although I think her illness was stress related due to sharing the aviary with an overly-randy Scar. A few days in isolation and she appears to have made a full recovery. The males are in prime condition and are really desperate to breed....unfortunately there are now no adult hens available.

3. Scar is now feeding young Flame...perhaps Flame is a hen after all, although Scar is desperate to breed with anything.

4. Rosie has laid enough eggs to make a good size ommellet. 9 eggs, all of which are infertile. She did this last year. I’m suspecting she’s a lot older than I was led to believe when I bought her.

5. Perky has also laid a lot of eggs. 7 in total, although some do appear to be fertile...some good news!