Bella used to have similar beak (as a baby, she was labeled in my records "a black beak") but now it's gone. It's not black anymore.

I am really pleased with chick's weight gain. I don't know what I should praise (certainly not myself with failed handfeeding) but tonight they were 86g, 87g, 87g, 90g. Just a few days ago skinny Cinnamon was 78g and today she is 87g! I don't know how this is possible! With the first clutch, they stayed in low figures like 78-82g for much longer time, increasing very slowly. They eat seeds, High energy crumbles, bread, munching on greens, they even ate some rice with egg today! Is it safe for them to have? Not too early? They are around 7 weeks old.

Oh yay, I'm so glad little cinnamon girl is gaining weight now. Whew! What a relief.

This is slightly off topic, but I have a cat that has a black dot on her iris. She is a black and white tuxedo cat. She has more black on the right side of her body, and her "beauty mark" on her iris is on the right side. She also has half a black mustache. The right half of her pink nose is black and the mustache extends on the right side.

I think her markings are so interesting. I have a story about it: God was creating her, using black and white paint. When he finished her, she turned with her right side toward him, and he flicked the paint brush (with black paint on it) at her. This is why she has extra black on the right side.

Pied birds often have odd two-tone color markings on the beak and feet. Coyote's mark is probably permanent. In the case of Chipper's chick, it sounds like it's possible that the mark might be a beak bruise, and if it is it will gradually disappear.

He had it way before he could bruise it. You know, when they all look the same when they are little, and you don't know how to really tell them apart, and then some features show up that help you to tell who is who. He was a baby with the black beak, same as Bella.

Cuddles' problem is/was a soft shelled egg. Please see the Health and Safety.