Hi there people, its been awhile since I was here.

Billie and Oscar are breeding again and they currently have 7 eggs in the nest. She laid a clutch of 3 eggs starting on the 23rd May. No results in hatching and I broke one of the eggs that was fertile. I left an infertile egg in with the other egg and we were expecting the final egg to hatch on the 10 June. This didn't happen but she had a break and started laying again on the 4 June. We had a egg hatch on the 17 June but this date didn't match any of our data as we'd been writing everything down. Unfortunately that baby died the next day. We're not sure where he came from as we were really consistant on writing our info down correctly and his hatching date doesn't match our other dates.

They currently have 7 eggs in the nest which makes a total of 10 eggs layed since they started laying on the 23 May.

According to our dates we're expecting a hatching sometime tomorrow as I am positive that at least 5 out of the eggs are fertile.

I think the baby that hatched last week died because we had a bit of a cold spell and Billie is still inexperienced.

How can I give the eggs a better chance of survival. Billie and Oscar are such good parents and their only living offspring Oliver is going brilliantly.

I look forward to some help as I am looking forward to more babies.

Thanks

First tip to breeding in my opinion... Don't count your chicks before they hatch as you'll only be disappointed if all doesn't go to plan...

Expect nothing and you can't be let down

Sometimes the hen won't sit immediatly which changes when eggs are due and so on, or she sits too tight.

Lots of greens, sunlight and fresh food and water are the best you can give them whilst breeding, good luck