The pen is still sitting on two unhatched eggs, she laid 8 in all, only 6 hatched . She is still calling the cygnet killed by the hoodie crows. They obviously did'nt see the killing take place, but if they did they were reluctant to leave the nest and the other 5 survivors.
One of the cygnets is weak and had great difficulty climbing up to the nest today, they really need to get into the water on a permanent basis and start eating otherwise they will all be at risk.
If the two remaining eggs dont hatch by tomorrow then I will have to remove them, to stop the Pen having to keep sitting on them.
After 4 days since the initial hatching it is unlikely that they will now produce any life.
A Short video showing todays brief dip in the moat, you can hear the pen calling the lost cygnet.
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