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Precocial chicks are birds that fend for themselves after emerging from the shell of the egg. The emerge with eyes open and covered with down to aid in survival. There are four categories of precocial.
#1 Chicks of genus megapode like Australian Malee fowl and brush turkeys. These are able to fly at birth or hours after and learn to find food on their own. There are none of these in North America.
#2 Chickens, Ducks, Geese and many shorebirds fit this type, they follow their parent but find their own food and are not fed by the adult bird.
#3 Chicks of game birds like grouse and pheasant fit here as they follow the parent and are shown where and how to find food.
#4 Rails and grebes fit category four. The young follow the parent, learn to find food by example and are also fed food by the parent bird.
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Difference between precocial chicks and altericial chicks?
The difference is that precocial chicks are relatively mobile as soon as they hatch. Altricial chicks require heavy nourishment and care before they mature.
Birds that are active soon after hatching are called?
They are called precocial.
What animal cheeps?
birds and mainly baby birds
Is a french hen a bird?
A French Hen is a bird because their baby's are chicks, and chicks are birds. Their technically birds because birds are the only animal with feathers.
Is a swallow altricial or precocial?
Swallows are precocial. This means that swallows are very developed upon hatching.
Difference between precocial chicks and altericial chicks?
The difference is that precocial chicks are relatively mobile as soon as they hatch. Altricial chicks require heavy nourishment and care before they mature.
Is a lapwing precocial or altricial?
A Lapwing birds are precocial. This means that lapwings are very developed at hatching.
Birds that are active soon after hatching are called?
They are called precocial.
Why do chicks have beaks?
Because chicks are young birds and birds have beaks.
Do chicks have beaks?
Because chicks are young birds and birds have beaks.
What animal cheeps?
birds and mainly baby birds
Is a french hen a bird?
A French Hen is a bird because their baby's are chicks, and chicks are birds. Their technically birds because birds are the only animal with feathers.
Do eagles nurse their chicks?
Birds typically regurgitate to feed their chicks. No birds have mammary glands and thus cannot nurse their young.
Do wallabies have chicks in them?
No. Wallabies are marsupials, a sub-group of mammals. Chicks are baby birds.
Is a sparrow altricial or precocial?
They are Altricial as they cannot fend for themselves straight away :)
What do you call young birds?
chicks you dummy! :)
Examples of birds that hatch and leave the nest quickly then feed themselves are?
Some examples are Ducks and Quails they are an example of Precocial Repoduction.
