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Message: <blockquote data-quote="andm" data-source="post: 3402406" data-attributes="member: 102691"><p>Hi , I think the problem would be simply the chicks have starved  because the parents haven't been able to find enough food, I've had three broods of blue tits in my nest box and only one successful, I have a feeder in the garden with sunflower hearts and as soon as I see the parents taking the seeds to the chicks I know they are not going to make it, I would clean out your nest box now , the blue tits may try a second brood or another pair might use it</p></blockquote><p></p>