Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2011 / Ivy & Princess
Jo:
Chick pile in the corner - a few heads bobbing up and down - but quickly falling back to sleep. So peaceful.
It's only 6 out now -but no wind and the sun is trying to come out from behind the clouds. Expecting a high of 20.
I found an older post from TPC to confirm what Dennis & Kinderchick just said.
--- Quote ---The chicks get their water requirements from the food they eat. Actually most of a peregrine's, adult or chick, requirements are fulfilled through the moisture in their food, but they do drink from water sources if the urge hits them, just not reliant on access to a water source for water as with many/most other bird species. They also like to bath in the water, but it makes them vulnerable to predation, so not something one catches sight of often, I would assume that they would/could drink at that time too. For those who noticed that when it rained, the chicks ran outside to flap their wings and "play" in the rain, that wasn't a response to the novelty of rainfall.
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Original post at: http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,2228.msg63271.html#msg63271
Saoirse:
Ahhh, the raw meat -- well, that definitely makes sense! Thanks, everybody. You know how it is, once you start thinking about something . . . I'm glad to know.
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: Ellie on June 09, 2011, 19:53 ---The chicks are flat out but for some reason they remind me of a "lump of lambs wool". Soft and curly!
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LOL! ;D They do look like little balls of lambs wool, Ellie! Especially the one closest to the camera.
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: photosbydennis on June 09, 2011, 19:32 ---...I always think that raptor chicks get enough liquid from the raw meat that they eat...
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I'm sure that Dennis is right, Helen. My cats are on a raw food diet and they hardly ever drink any water and my Vet says they are getting enough liquid from the raw food (chicken, duck,etc.) that they are eating. :)
Ellie:
The chicks are flat out but for some reason they remind me of a "lump of lambs wool". Soft and curly!
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