Hi
Two eggs hatched a day apart, I find a dead chick this morning, it looks squashed. I don't know if it's the first or the second, I've basically been leaving them to it. Is it usual for one chick to die?
How can I tell they are feeding the other? I haven't seen them doing it, but they are sitting on it.
The parents are an Old German Owl and a Red Cap and I had concerns about beak length but was reassured by someone else here they would be fine with feeding.
thanks
Metta
Two eggs hatched a day apart, I find a dead chick this morning, it looks squashed. I don't know if it's the first or the second, I've basically been leaving them to it. Is it usual for one chick to die?
How can I tell they are feeding the other? I haven't seen them doing it, but they are sitting on it.
The parents are an Old German Owl and a Red Cap and I had concerns about beak length but was reassured by someone else here they would be fine with feeding.
thanks
Metta