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New bird: Crinch


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My personal mixing of a crow and a finch! This lovley intellegent beast nests in trees.

What they look like: They are black with brown stripes, a male grows to be about the size of a medium bodied teen. (The female to be big bodied teen) and sharp black eyes.

Where they are found: Just about everywhere where there are trees. They are not found in snowy biomes, jungle biomes, or swamp biomes.

Behavior:

You can find a male Crinch flying around in search of nesting material. It will take from regrowing grasses and sometimes unattended nests (it breaks the nest but not fully) It will fly around your nichelings and every time you make a kill, and your kill is unattended, it will swoop down and grab it. These birds fly low, unlike bluebirds. Then it will return to its newly made nest and sit there for about 1-2 days, singing for a female. Then a female comes along and the male leaves behind the female, who sits on the nest for 5-6 days before hatching some eggs. Then it will leave the nest for the day and come back the nest, repeating the process. While the female is gone your winged nicheling can fly up and sit on the nest (It must be lean bodied) Which will cost 3 food and every day while the chicks are small it will cost an additional 1 food. (Not to mention they have to be 1 day old or less.) When the mother comes back it will attack you nicheling, dealing 1 attack. In order to keep the chicks, you must kill the mother. after that the father will come, dealing 2 attack. Kill the father and the chicks will be yours! it takes three days for the chicks to grow up.

If  you are there and have succesfully killed the parents: After one day the chicks will start to fly, flying wherever your nicheling flies. if your nicheling dies, (By the way if you get confused for some reason, the chicks dont cause your nichelings to die) well, the chicks will be on their own and refuse any taming. But if your nicheling doesnt die then they will continue to follow you until they reach full maturity. Then the males will go and do their thing but the female will linger, you can breed with the female and then she will go and find a spot to nest. (Note that the females are larger than the male)  The female will lay her eggs and there will be only one (occasionaly two) eggs in the nest. After that she will leave to breed some more. One of your nichelings must sit on the eggs to warm them up. And then, after a couple of days (About 2) The nichelings will hatch! Here are the possible genetics they may have:

Talons: +2 strength +1 fishing. This applies only when wings are doubled up, otherwise: +2 speed +1 swimming

Sharp eyes: +3 sight

Crinch body: This body will have a few tufty feathers and will be about the size (Fully grown) of a big bodied teenager (The size of a female Crinch) +1 heat radiation +2 Cold resistance

Beak

Peacock tail

Wings

Black fur

Black eyes

Brown stripes

There is also the possibility of breeding with the males. Which is somewhat harder.

First you have to catch the males, who just fly free and join other flocks (When they join a flock they are no longer breedable or tame) If you succesfully find the males, you can breed with them and the rest is just like normal!

Thanks for reading this! Feel free to comment drawings and tell me what you think!

The idea of laying eggs is from @Pokestardragacraft!

And the original suggestion of Talons were here:

 

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Very interesting way to get some new genes! That'd be so cool, having a nicheling (or two) popping out of some eggs! Though, can you explain to me why the nicheling has to be leaned bodied to hatch/warm the eggs? Also, why would the male do more than the female? After all, the female you said is bigger, and would have more of a maternal instinct.

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12 hours ago, ChasingNyx said:

Very interesting way to get some new genes! That'd be so cool, having a nicheling (or two) popping out of some eggs! Though, can you explain to me why the nicheling has to be leaned bodied to hatch/warm the eggs?

If the nicheling was any bigger, it would crush the eggs

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