Bog Myrtle & Peat

After two weeks, I now have only one grey partridge chick. The bacterial infection killed the second chick on Tuesday, so now I’m stuck with a single chick from the first batch. It’s being brooded with some quail, so it’s not on it’s own but it’s still pretty disappointing.

The progress from last week is quite pronounced, with obvious wing feathers and a serious burst of growth. It’s also got some lungs, and despite the fact that it’s being brooded across the landing from my bedroom in the spare room, I can still hear it squeaking first thing in the morning. I may have been premature in my dismissal of the other grey partridge eggs, and it could be that some others will hatch next month, so this lone chick hopefully won’t be on his own for long. Despite these early setbacks, there is a great deal of light at the end of the tunnel…