In a bit of a shock for all of us the first egg hatched at around 4pm today and much to some people's surprise our female ate the empty shell. After around half an hour both birds started feeding the chick so good news there!
Another egg hatched shortly after 7pm and there's a little bit of concern for this chick. Despite lots of attempts by the female it can't be confirmed that the 2nd chick was taking food. Hatching so close to the end of the day it seems unlikely that this chick will get food again until the morning assuming that it makes it through the night.
Plenty of eggs still to hatch so stay glued to the livestream if you can.
Now might be the time to share the stream with friends, family, schools and retirement homes who might want to watch some chicks growing up. We'll only have the chicks for around 3 weeks!
More tomorrow...
Things used to make these videos:
In box Camera - Green Feathers wired IP camera
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Nest box - Garden Nature side view box
gardenature.co.uk/product/sid...
Streaming software - OBS
FREE to download at obsproject.com/download
Editing software - Davinci Resolve 17
FREE to download at www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
External Camera - Sony A6400 with 18 -105mm F4 lens
Streaming hardware - Apple MacBook Pro 15" 2012 and 2018