Approximate Hatch Weights:
~68-103g at hatching (varies by subspecies)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Common Name: Waterfowl
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Brown and yellow down then gray down
Skin Color:
Bill: Broad and black
Foot Type: Palmate
Gape: Gray to pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Brown to light gray
Legs and Feet: Gray to black or yellowish legs and feet
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video by Ceacy Henderson
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2c0c.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/aloneinabigworld.jpg)
Photo by Moira Ashleigh
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3281.jpeg)
Photo by Andy Cunningham, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/DSCN9778-2-scaled.jpg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e34-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e36-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 99g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2a98.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/19691316_1385236198250746_300133733_n.jpg)
Photo by Kevin Shepherd, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2c09.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2c0a.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_2467.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2c0b.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_1451.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~1st Week - 104g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4338.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 104g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4337.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 104g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4341.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/03/fledgling-Canada-Goose.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d00.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d06.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/IMG_1064.jpg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_129.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d09.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d0b.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week - 302g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4411.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week - 302g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4412.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week - 546g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3be5.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 555g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/05/IMG_4910-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8803.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8923-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8919.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 644g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4651.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4373.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4376.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4378.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4374.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/19755883_1385236104917422_241618847_n.jpg)
Photo by Kevin Shepherd, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week - 784g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c4b.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 936g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4935.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 936g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4937.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 936g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4940.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d03.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d04.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8929-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8934.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8938-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8936.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week - 1602g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5105.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 928g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4714.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/06/IMG_9047.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/06/IMG_9054.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/06/IMG_9057.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_1868.jpg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks - 1730g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4642.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 886g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_9906.jpg)
Photo by Paula Rodriguez, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e38-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e3a-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e3e-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e40.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_2860.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 2533g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_4932.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic