Manitoba Falcon Cam Forum
The Project => Ask the Peregrine Chick => Topic started by: peaches123 on June 06, 2010, 12:57
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Are newly hatched peregrine chicks fed almost immediately after hatching ( ie is this necessary ) or do they live on the yolk sac for a day or more ? When does the first feeding take place usually ?
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They are usually fed within a couple of hours after hatching - depends on the weather and the dark, but usually only takes a couple of hours.
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In the event of bad weather or some other event, what is the longest young chicks ( one week or less ) and also older than one week can wait without suffering effects ?
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Rain or no, the chicks get fed every couple of hours. If the rain is constant the parents will pull food from their food cache for themselves and the chicks. Until the chicks are about banding age, they really can't eat much at a sitting so the cache can last quite a while. Some parents feed on a very regular schedule, some feed more in the morning, less in the afternoon and then a couple right before it gets dark, some you can't tell. But they are hardwired to feed the chicks, so the question of how long is too long really applies more when a parent has had an accident or something similar.