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Title: 2010 - CaraChick Felicity / Chick to Adult
Post by: Cara59 on June 02, 2010, 09:14

Hi Peregrine Chick

My name is CaraChick R-Jay and my question is when ar the chikcs all grown up?

Title: Re: Chick to Adult
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 03, 2010, 02:48

Hi CaraChick R-Jay,

Depends on what you mean by all grown up R-Jay.  If you mean, when are they the same size as their parents, that would be about 35-40 days of age, but they can't fly yet.  If grown up is when they can fly, that's between 40-55 days.  But they won't be good at hunting for their own food until they are 80-100 days old or even longer sometimes.  They will migrate by themselves or maybe with their brothers and sisters when they are 4 or 5 months old - that's kind of grown-up too.  Or maybe they are grownup when they are 1 year old and they don't look like baby peregrines anymore, rather they look just like their parents.

So you can see, it depends on what you think is grown-up for a peregrine R-Jay!

The Peregrine Chick