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Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks #1 (permalink) Thu Dec 01, 2011 23:51 pm   Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks
 

Hi all of you,

Is baby pigeon that has just come out of its egg also called a 'pigeon chick' or 'dove chick'?

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Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks #2 (permalink) Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:45 am   Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks
 

'Chicks' generally refers to precocial birds, not altricial birds. Call them 'hatchlings'.
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Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks #3 (permalink) Fri Dec 02, 2011 13:46 pm   Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks
 

Thanks MM.
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Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks #4 (permalink) Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:33 am   Pigeon chicks/ dove chicks
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
'Chicks' generally refers to precocial birds, not altricial birds. Call them 'hatchlings'.


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