Spencer's and Hart's chicks 1 and 2 hatched on Sunday the 24th and chick 3 hatched on Monday the 25th but died (not enough, maybe not any, food) on the 25th not long after we retrieved him/her. Since then Spencer has been a good protective mom (rain doesn't faze her in the least) but she is a bit stingy at mealtimes (amount of food) which for chicks is not generally a good thing. Hart's not used to getting near the kids to feed them when they are young, that was always Joli's domain. Each pair is different so we are hoping that we are starting to see Hart get in there to be more hands-on at meal times even though the chicks are young and that his presence/influence/participation will help encourage Spencer to feed more (either in amounts or in frequency). The chicks seem to be progressing, perhaps not as fast or as fat as we have seen under the care of other moms - Princess, Joli, Jules and Beatrix most notably. I should say that Spencer perhaps comes by it naturally - Hurricane was a bit of a light feeder when she started out too as I recall but she had Brooklyn as a mate and RCF can confirm but my memories of them in their early years (and maybe later years together too) was that they shared a lot more of the early chick-raising of duties right from the start than say other pairs.
