Dixie Chicks

[Alaskan]

it is pretty odd.... gotta admit

 

[Ravynscroft]

lol... I love how google searches always lead to byc...

 

[Peep_Show]

coveyettes?

 

[Ravynscroft]

it is pretty odd.... gotta admit

And leave it to me to bring up something that'll eat at us all...

 

[Ravynscroft]

coveyettes?

Uh, whaaa??

 

[Alaskan]

but then everyone will be calling them corvettes... when we all know they are popcorn

 

[Ravynscroft]

Maybe we could just call them popcorn then???

 

[perchie.girl]

more digging

http://birding.about.com/od/birdingglossary/a/Names-Of-Baby-Birds.htm

List from the above
""
Baby Bird Names for Specific Bird Families

While generic names for baby birds can be used for any bird species, specific bird families have more unique names for their young. The most popular names for baby birds include:

• Chicken: Poult, cockerel (male), pullet (female)
• Crane: Colt
• Dove: Squab, squeaker
• Duck: Duckling
• Eagle: Eaglet
• Falcon: Eyas
• Goose: Gosling
• Grouse: Cheeper, squealer
• Owl: Owlet
• Puffin: Puffling
• Sandpiper: Peep
• Swan: Cygnet, flapper
• Turkey: Poult, jake (male), jenny (female)

The exact bird species is irrelevant when using these baby bird names: a baby bald eagle is an eaglet, and a baby golden eagle is an eaglet as well. To distinguish between species, terms like "bald eaglet" or "golden eaglet" might be used, or the birds can be referred to by species with a more generic term, such as "bald eagle chick."
If you use more specific baby bird names, be aware that these terms are typically only used when the birds are young. After they have left the nest or family group and are caring for themselves, even if they are not yet fully mature, they are no longer referred to by their baby names.

""
though srprisingly they have Chicken listed as Poult....

Quail fact sheet California Department of Fish and wild life... While not officially designating them as "chicks" they do call them chicks in their literature.

Link to PDF on California quail

So It would follow that since quail are Galliformes just as Chickens are.... Chick would be the appropriate term... or Quail Chick to be clearer.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

huh!

YEAH DEB!

I take that as golden! They shall be called chicks!

-sign- I kicked my kids out... 10 minutes before the bedtime of the youngest to go peddle eggs door to door too many in fridge... must get out now)

Silly neighbors must be FEEDING them or talking to them... they just got back! took them an hour!

 

[Alaskan]

sign? maybe sigh