26th July update

We still have three chicks in the barn owl box, and we can assume that the second and the last egg were the ones that failed to hatch using the details below:-

egg date  & time	chick hatch	difference
05/06 @ 21:15	07/07 @ 11:30	31d 14h
08/06 @ 19:30	not hatched
11/06 @ 20:00	13/07 @ 07:00	31d 11h
14/06 @ 11:00	16/07 @ 07:00	31d 20h
17/06 @ 11:00	not hatched

16th July - third chick

The third chick arrived at 07:00 this morning 16th July.  This will be the chick from the fourth egg with the second egg failing to hatch.   This CCTV is providing some interesting facts - the eggs being laid at regular intervals of three days (wheras it's normally two days) and the eggs are hatching uniformly at 31.5 days.  

13th July - second chick

The second chick emerged from the egg at 07:00 on 13th July.  This is likely to be the third egg that has hatched and the second egg has failed.

7th July - First chick

The first egg hatched today at 1130, which is approximately 31.5 days after being laid.   After a very poor start to the breeding season in the county, quite a few Barn Owls in Lincolnshire are now on eggs or very small chicks.