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.
You are correct that a negative paid off item may still remain on your credit reports but itâs not 7 years from the date you paid it. Itâs 7 years from when it was late, or in the case of a collection account, 7 years plus 180 days from the date you fell behind with the original creditor.