Sentences with phrase «cuckoo chicks»

The cuckoo chicks then compete for food with the host's own babies.

Not exact matches

The young cuckoo typically hatches before its host's chicks do and will quickly shove their eggs over the side of the nest, thus ensuring that its hosts feed it and only it.
Unlike most birds, female cuckoos come in different colours — it's all part of a strategy to avoid raising their own chicks
Not as loopy as the woman who harasses the checkout chicks at my local IGA, demanding they admire her aura and explain why a Hollywood celebrity hasn't swept her off her feet yet — but gently cuckoo.
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