Approximate Hatch Weights:
~31g at hatching
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Common Name: Waterfowl
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Brown down with white patches and underside
Skin Color:
Bill: Straight and gray with pink
Foot Type: Palmate
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Gray legs and foot webbing with yellowish digits
Video by Ceacy Henderson
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/DSCN4880.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3283.jpeg)
Photo by Andy Cunningham, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/HOME-_1st-week-2.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_9796.jpg)
Photo by Primrose Nimnark, New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_9801.jpg)
Photo by Primrose Nimnark, New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_9802.jpg)
Photo by Primrose Nimnark, New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4306.jpg)
Photo by Primrose Nimnark, New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4373.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4380.jpg)
Photo from New England Wildlife Center