update ---
Blondie definitely got off the nest for extended periods, still with only 8 fluffy butts percolating around and under her
however --- Black Maria (standard mix breed hen, black with green metallic sheen, dark pink earlobes, lays cream-to-tan eggs) decided to go broody after laying 21 eggs -- however I'd been collecting them, leaving only the oldest one in the nest she chose ... so I stuck the ten unhatched but "heavy" eggs from Blondie's nest, under her ...
I suspect Maria will have a "zero" hatch, but we'll see ... giving these the best chance I can ...
meanwhile, Victoria, the silver EE who dug out of the coop with the help of Albert the roo ... seems to be laying her aquamarine eggs hither and yon ... she may not "know" about nest or nestboxes ... let them fall where they may ... she's more interested in following the roo around ... honeymooners !!
I noticed that Ideal Poultry's illustration of Red Jungle Fowl includes chicks that look just like the "orange chipmunk stripe" chick of Blondie's hatch ... hope the little fluffy butt survives to adulthood so I can see how (it) comes out ...
Candy
haven't heard from tenant Mary, what's gone on the last day and a half, miserable being "mom" from umpteen miles away