If disaster should befall the larger chick the parent can switch to feeding the youngest and it will exhibit a constant growth curve from the day of active feeding. From Wikipedia
Depends, a repo stays on credit for 7 years, and a bankruptcy stays for 11 years, after you have paid off a debt and they have received payment it should be taken of immediately, but you may want to get a free credit report and check and if it is still there call them and ask them about it.
-- Mary Dear Mary, A charge-off listed on your credit report simply means the lender has reported the debt as a loss. This is done for the lender's tax purposes. Paying a charge-off doesn't get it removed from your credit report. It just lets future creditors know you've made good on that loan. It remains on your credit report for seven years plus 180 days, calculated from the first nonpayment.