Preparing
for Migration
Keeping Crane Chicks Healthy
| Here's what's happening, and why: | |
 16-day-old chick |
Whooper chicks get weighed every day for 7 days and then every week. Biologists want to make sure they don't grow too fast. If they did, their legs couldn't hold them up, and they wouldn't survive a migration. From 10 to 30 days of age, they may grow half an inch or more and gain 10% of their body weight each day! |
Journaling Question
- If you grew as fast as a young Whooping Crane, how tall would you be in a week? How much would you weigh?
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