Just as well I didn't take away the "duff" eggs in this clutch - the fourth hatched today a day late, while two were early. 5 egg clutch - think she's too slim to incubate 5. And it looks to me to be a nest of blues. Mother is yellow and father blue.

Of my 10 Scots chicks so far, 4 are white, 2 yellow and I think 4 blue. 12 more eggs due tomorrow and over the weekend. I expect more blues, greens and piebalds. Where are my clears this year?