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["Amanda Hils" <ahils@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all, maybe you can help me figure this one out.
 

I checked on my chickadees yesterday and found 3 young (alive and well), one
un-hatched egg, and three dead young pushed out of the main cup of the nest
but still in the nest box.

 

There appears to be no injuries that I can see. One of the young was smaller
than the other two.  I don't see the reason why this would happen.  No HOSP
around because I made the entrance hole smaller to keep them out.  

 

We have had near freezing temps here at night.  Do they ever sacrifice their
young?  For lack of food/ warmth?

 

I'm perplexed.

 

Mandy Hils

Kenton County KY

 

 



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