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The chicks are now 30 days old and have opened their eyes.  Time for some imprinting to prevent them from joining some wild flock in a couple of weeks time when they start to fly. Part of our second batch of about 30 chicks.  We have fine-tuned the brooding temperature, food and other variables for the hatchlings.  This second batch looks like heading for a 90% survival rate. The industry standard is 30 to 50%. 

Building up the critical  mass naturally takes time.  We decided to speed things up a little by incubating eggs and acclimatising them to the micro-climate at our farm from hatchlings. Eggs dated and where there are pin holes and fissures due to mishandling, nail polish is applied.           Hatching out in a mere 16 days,  not 20 + days as recorded in most books. Almost...

Mandala Garden and Bird's Nests The twain can meet. Here's how:                                                 I intend to build this...