Two By Two In the morning of their 19th and 20th days, the lights come on to find two chicks already out of the nest. They are down on the floor of the cage, investigating that plate of food they have seen their parents spend so much time at. Dolly immediately takes the opportunity to see if there is enough room in the nestpan to begin working on another round, but luckily has apparently decided to wait for the last two chicks to vacate first. I don't want her building a new nest in an old dirty nestpan, so I will have to move fast once the last chick has fledged!

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