{{{ Bangs Head }}}

Argh! First time parents!!! Pearl and Smudge tossed two of the chicks sometime after we went to bed, and it was too late when we got up and found them. Their crops were empty, so it appears that they failed to feed these two. :-( I'll never understand what goes on in their little bird-brains. Why take the time to incubate them, hatch them, feed them for several days, then suddenly decide that some of them need to go? Grrr! I check on them multiple times a day, but it's not humanly possible to watch them 24/7. It may just be a coincidence, but so far every one of my black-cheeks has had "parenting issues".

So far they're still feeding and caring for the remaining two chicks (pic below), which I'm keeping as close an eye on as I possibly can.