DC was camera shy today, but here he just delivered an early dinner.

Oh Scarlet and Milburn, your grandparents would be so proud!

I'm so exited! The first NAMED Beauty and Dot.ca grandbabies!

Poor little one! I hope the other two remain healthy. 

C'mon #4!  You can do it!

I'm not giving up until Beauty does. It still has a few days. Last year there was 2 full days from the 1st hatch to the last.

I do see a small pip in that last egg - above that double ridge.  If the kid chips out above the double shell then it could hatch successfully.

Oooo, I wish it wasn't that close to the ridge.

Egg #3 finally hatching!!!  I saw the baby the archives didnt' catch it, she was fast to cover!

 

YAHOOO!

Woohoo...just got word that we have a hatch here!!  Waiting for photos, Lucie is heading to the site.

Congratulations Aria and Indie and Grandma B and Grandpa DC!!!

 

Yahoooooo!!!!!

Yep. Welcome #2!

Well, that's what I would call good news and bad news!

Atta girl B, the shell is off and out beside her now!  Good girl  

Good job Beauty!

Whew!

I see DC still has that scar/lack of feathers on his head that he got rather mysteriously almost a year ago. He must have been defending the territory in some way, shape or form. He doesn't seem to mind that he's not perfect anymore.

Yup, same as Beauty still has the scar/missing feathers on the right side of her face from her fight with Unity oh so many years ago.

I have often wondered if he didn't battle with Fission.

Could be...

I agree. However, if you look not at the still photo of the hatch but at the screenshot I took, it looks more like the side of it. That never happens, though, so it must be an optical illusion. B's a good shimmier. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she can handle this.

I have a feeling she'll take care of it.

And the empty shell pieces are very light-not likely it will stay stuck.

And, we now have 100% proof that they don't hatch in the order they were laid. The light eggs were #3 & 4.

Very interesting indeed!

I see DC still has that scar/lack of feathers on his head that he got rather mysteriously almost a year ago. He must have been defending the territory in some way, shape or form. He doesn't seem to mind that he's not perfect anymore.

Yup, same as Beauty still has the scar/missing feathers on the right side of her face from her fight with Unity oh so many years ago.

Yes she does, but she's still Beautyful to us. And she looks so much better than she did the day she returned to the nestbox.

Poor DC  

I see DC still has that scar/lack of feathers on his head that he got rather mysteriously almost a year ago. He must have been defending the territory in some way, shape or form. He doesn't seem to mind that he's not perfect anymore.

I agree. However, if you look not at the still photo of the hatch but at the screenshot I took, it looks more like the side of it. That never happens, though, so it must be an optical illusion. B's a good shimmier. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she can handle this.