Approximate Hatch Weights:
~5-8g at hatching
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Common Name: Rails/Gallinules/Coots
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Black down
Skin Color: Black
Bill: Long and straight and pinkish with black band
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Black
Legs and Feet: Black to brown legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/photo0.jpg)
Photo by Kat Rasp, International Bird Rescue
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_42dc.jpeg)
Photo by Elise Wolf, Native Bird Care
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_9041-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_9044.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_9063-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_9153.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/ontable.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/32763134_2073110526302525_2570107755616534528_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_2042-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_2025-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_2029-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/IMG_2035-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/01/VARail-juvie-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Turner, Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota