Well, Greenpea seemed to completely lose interest in her eggs today, so we took them all. It was depressing seeing the little clutch lying there cold and abandoned. She hasn't been back to the nest since. We opened some of the eggs - the little blot that shows they are fertile has got a bit bigger, but that's all. We were dreading finding a tiny chick - but she'd only been half-sitting a few days...
Hopefully she will sit again in a few weeks; more successfully this time!
We have worked out that the birds who have raised chicks, and are sitting now, are all of an older generation than Greenpea and Chickpea - so they may simply be too young.
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