Approximate Hatch Weights:
~114g at hatching
~315g by 13 days old
~1600-1900g by 35 days old
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Gruidae
Common Name: Cranes
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Yellowish to brown down
Skin Color:
Bill: Long and straight and pink then gray
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Brownish to yellowish legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ab8.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_478f.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4790.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4791.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4792.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4795.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/356082538_638672951629130_229822078453241821_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/355667013_638709001625525_4782454920969295511_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/355691114_638711268291965_6752105132539329053_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/355662958_638715674958191_4544609978794745681_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/355683920_638754514954307_667693510912056262_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/04/355864652_638674198295672_1125931248495982924_n.jpg)
Photo by Elisa Fosco, Wildlife in Need Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ab9.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center