Over the next two weeks we watched our little mother and the eggs. Most of the time she was there sitting on the eggs. Occasionally we would find the nest uncovered and the eggs lying there. We counted 12 and then 13 eggs. Then one day I discovered one of the eggs out in the flowerbed next to the post box. It was broken and there were some feathers around it. I immediately went to the nest and the mother Chukar was still there.
Then last week the mother seemed to disappear. The nest was uncovered. We continued to look for her, but never did discover her back on the nest. I told my good friend Bill Hammond about it and he said that he wanted to see if he could incubate the eggs. I said that we needed to font that the Wild Life Division to make sure that it was right with them. This did on Monday and they did not object.
Now the eggs are in a nice, warm, blue environment and we will see if anything hatches. The mother has not returned.
We really enjoy our Chukar Partridges. Last Year we had about 60 running around in the yard behind our house.
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