Approximate Hatch Weights:
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Common Name: Rails/Gallinules/Coots
Region: Eastern
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Black down
Skin Color:
Bill: Long and straight and black with pale tip
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Black to brown legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/08/454237916_10232526461731101_6101844127642535085_n.jpg)
Photo by Cherie Allen
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/08/454012828_10232526464571172_3955807630588775721_n.jpg)
Photo by Cherie Allen
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/08/453907943_10232526460651074_3857976759740899115_n.jpg)
Photo by Cherie Allen
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_0013.jpg)
Photo from Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge