Well it must almost be spring because
the boys are flirting up a storm. So I put my four remaining pairs in
their breeding cages. yesterday Eddy and Aura started off the pack
early. They are now on their second clutch and have four chicks and
one egg. Their second chick has red eyes and I'm hoping for my first
lacewing. Otis and Athena and Billy and Annie have been bonded and
have had chicks prior to this season. It usually doesn't take long
for them to get into the nest boxes. Then there is my wild card pair
Zazu and Zira. I just adopted them about a month or so ago. They
haven't bred before and they aren't a bonded pair yet. Their chicks
should be florescent both are very brightly colored. Lastly Pete is
an experienced male and has fathered many of my chicks. Henna is one
of the chicks I raised form a chick and I'm hoping they will become
another pair that will produce lacewings for me. The waiting game
begins. It will be a couple weeks before the chicks show off their
true colors and about a month or so until I expect more eggs. Here we
go again.