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.
So, when you do the math, the 7 year reporting period is really 7 Â½ years (from the last missed payment) that you can expect the derogatory item to come off of your credit report. Remember: Only send this letter to the bureau(s) that are reporting the derogatory information.