Ohio’s Toledo Zoo is tickled pink to share that eight Flamingo chicks have hatched at the Toledo Zoo this year!

The Flamingo chicks are fed six times a day with a diet consisting of fish, shrimp, egg yolks, baby rice cereal and water until they're fully weaned after two months. After one week of hatching, the chicks are exercised daily to ensure their legs develop properly.

What do you get when two flamingos lay an egg and abandon it? A flamingo foster parent named Griffin!

A baby flamingo is being successfully raised by two fathers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, after its biological parents vacated their nest. 

Zookeepers at the UK’s largest Zoo initially placed the lone American flamingo egg (Phoenicopterus ruber) in an incubator to increase its chance of survival but were keen to find ‘adopted parents’ for the egg before it hatched.  

The Oregon Zoo flock is 3 years old yesterday. They flamingrow up so fast!

More on the chicks here: https://www.oregonzoo.org/news/2019/07/flock-way-baby-flamingo-chicks-learn-walk

06/13/2022-. A few weeks ago, Bioparc Fuengirola announced the nesting and laying of more than a dozen eggs by the greater and lesser flamingos it houses. A process that has lasted several weeks and that has been possible thanks to the Zoology team, who assumes the task of conditioning the beach on which they live to simulate a brackish water quagmire. In addition, they are guaranteed to have at their disposal enough mud and clay to build their tall nests as they incubate.

If you’re looking for adorable flamingo fluffs to make your day even better, look no further! Denver Zoo is delighted to share that they had not one, not two, but THREE Chilean flamingo chicks hatch a few weeks ago! These curious chicks are being hand-reared in the Avian Propagation Center, and while they’re still waiting on official names and sexes, they have affectionately been nicknamed Big, Middle and Little based on their hatch dates and current sizes. After completing a flamingo family tree, Keeper Anton realized that they also happen to be Swift and Legend’s nieces/nephews, which is fun for fans of Denver’s two-year-old boys! Meet the newest members of the flock in this latest edition of Baby Bulletin, presented by SCL Health.

Video credit: Keeper Anton M.

🐦 Longleat's flock of flamboyant Chilean flamingos is experiencing a summer baby boom – with fourteen chicks already hatched and more on the way.

All chicks are born with white plumage, which they keep for around three years, and a straight bill, which gradually droops down as they grow.

Keeper Lauren Hooper-Bow said: “We are extremely pleased with the high hatching success rate among the flamingos this year.

“With the number of eggs still to hatch, it could be our best year to date and it’s particularly welcome as in 2019 heavy snow showers prevented the flamingos from sitting on any of their eggs.

“This year’s success is likely to be down to a combination of factors including good weather during the egg hatching period, having a large colony and the fact so many of the eggs were fertile,” she added.

Flamingos lay a single egg on top of a tall cone nest. Fully grown they are around a-metre-and-a-half tall, and can weigh anywhere up to seven kgs.

They live 15-20 years in the wild, however in captivity, and safe from predators, they can reach ages of 70 years.

Chilean flamingos can survive at high altitude in the Andes Mountains. They are also significantly more able to deal with the cold than their Caribbean counterparts.

In the wild, flamingos eat small crustaceans and other microscopic animals and plants, which are obtained by filter feeding.

When adult, the continuously-moving beak acts as an efficient filter for food collection when water is pumped through the bristles of the mouth.

The flamingos’ famous pink plumage comes from pigments in their diet which is replicated in their special feed at the park.

Roger Williams Park Zoo is happy to share that a Chilean flamingo chick has hatched. This now eight-day old chick is a historical birth for The Zoo; the first flamingo born at RWPZoo in 22 years. Mom is doing a great job tending to her little one. RWP Zoo keepers and vet care team will continue to monitor mom and baby. Flamingo young are born white, with soft, downy feathers and a straight bill. As they mature the bill will gradually curve downwards. Both parents take care of the newborn flamingo, feeding it “crop milk”, a fluid produced in their digestive systems. . . . #babyanimals #rwpzoo #zooborns #flamingo #chileanflamingo #cuteanimals

Photo/Video credit: Ron Magill

On Wednesday, September 25^th, a Caribbean flamingo hatched at Zoo Miami!  This is the first hatching of this iconic species since 2011 and is the first time that a chick has hatched since the flock was moved to their new exhibit in the zoo’s entry plaza.

Staff at Paradise Park are thrilled at the hatching of their first Caribbean Flamingo chick!

Director Alison Hales commented, “We love our flamingo group, and were delighted when two eggs were laid this summer. However one egg was infertile and then the second pair stopped incubating about a week too early. Keepers decided to put the egg in an incubator, not knowing if it would hatch, but within days the egg started chirping! The chick hatched successfully on 19th August – it’s early days but, so far, it’s growing well on two-hourly feeds of a special ‘fish soup’ prepared by Keeper Becky.”

Photo Credits: Paradise Park

Keeper Becky Waite explained, “We are so excited to have a Caribbean Flamingo chick. Our flock was very small until last summer, when five arrived from Slimbridge Wetland Centre. With a bigger flock size, we were in a stronger position to achieve breeding success. One pair did lay an egg earlier in the summer, which sadly was not fertile. But this did trigger the flock to build nests. The shallow pond area is an ideal location as the mud is the perfect building material.”

Becky continued, “Both parents were hatched at Chester Zoo in July 2002, so are 17-years-old. They came to Paradise Park in 2004. This egg was laid on 20th July and hatched on 19th August, so took 31 days to incubate. Due to the parents having stopped incubating the egg a few days before it was due to hatch, we stepped in and put the egg in an incubator. For the first few days, I am feeding the chick every two hours between 6am and 10pm.”

Flamingos form strong pair bonds, and just one egg is laid, with both male and female feeding the chick on a special ‘crop milk’. They are long-lived birds that can reach the age of 40, and are able to breed starting from age six.

Paradise Park would like visitors to note that, at this time, the chick is not on display.

Check with Paradise Park’s website for ‘Flamingo Chick Updates’: www.paradisepark.org.uk/flamingo-chick-update/  

More adorable pics below the fold!