Doris went broody about a week ago and has been sitting on 8 eggs, to which she added another (cheeky) for 7 days. I have yet to candle her eggs to check for development but will do so at the weekend.

I also have 10 eggs in an incubator, a very fancy incubator that my lovely chicken keeping friend kindly lent to me. I candled them a couple of days ago and Bertie has scored 10 out of 10 so far. This does not mean that all will go on to hatch but it does mean that my lovely boy has been 100% successful in doing his job i.e. fertilising the eggs.

More updates to follow, chicks (assuming all goes well) expected before Easter.