To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (809 ) 6/18/2001 5:01:15 PM From: arno Read Replies (2) | Respond to Did you see her set on them?16 June Update...One week old! It is now much too late for there to be any hope of the remaining eggs to hatch. As the chick grows and begins to move about, the unhatched eggs will be completely abandoned by the adults. The chick requires constant brooding until it is a little more than two weeks old. At that point, we will begin to see it alone in the nest from time to time as the adults are away hunting. About this time it will also begin to move around in the nest box, at first on its "haunches", then later standing up on its feet, at first awkwardly. It will also become capable of feeding itself, although the adults may continue to feed it directly. Prey, which at first is brought into the box completely plucked by the adults, will have more feathers intact later in the nesting cycle.
