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From: rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kehaar)
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Subject: Re: feeding-rate
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Date: 13 Sep 90 13:13:54 GMT
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reynolds@felix.UUCP (David Lee Reynolds) writes:


>	After the chicks have reached the 7th day, they have already got their
>eyes open, and the first sign of pin-feathers start to show.  The parents feed
>only when called by the chicks, and will spend more time away from the nest
>during the day.  (By this time the chicks are very hard for the parents to
>Brood over, and look pretty comical trying to cover them).

If you think that's funny, try watching a faithful plover parent try to brood
one or more chicks that are curious about their new world...and keep running
away...;->.


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