They were very wet and sticky when they first hatched.

They quickly fluff up in the incubator and are ready to greet the next chicks to hatch.

Once the chicks had fluffed up nicely, they were transferred to the brooding box.

The chicks had everything they needed; food, water, a light for warmth, and sawdust for . . . absorbency!

The chicks huddled together under the bulb to keep nice and warm, just as if they were underneath a mother hen.

The chicks were very greedy, and scrabbled eagerly to be first in for dinner!

A favourite place for an after dinner snooze? In the food bowl of course!

The water tray was often full of rubbish, but they didn''t seem to mind.

Mrs Brown loved to see the chicks cuddling together in their sleep, how sweet.

The chicks had plenty of visitors, including these fascinated pre-school children.