Approximate Hatch Weights:
~6g at hatching
~48g by 14 days old
~77g by 39 days old
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Common Name: Rails/Gallinules/Coots
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Black down
Skin Color:
Bill: Straight and orange to yellow
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink then yellow to green legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9062-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9022.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9017.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/Sorahand.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9148.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9159-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_9185.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks - 80g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_480e.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Eilen
>4 Weeks - 80g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_480b.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Eilen
>4 Weeks - 80g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4813.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Eilen
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_3213.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/SORA-2022-pre-release-in-hand-profile-.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_7655-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/IMG_1111-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/02/SORA-2022-pre-release-in-hand-back.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota