Flamingo chick / Montgomery Zoo / Update below
I think this is Kisba (the oldest of this season's chicks)
Some very sad news today. When I got to the exhibit I observed one of the babies on the ground- I was concerned & texted a few keepers & directors to check it out. At the same time I ran into 2 keepers and sent them over. Then I saw the vet zooming over there.
I later learned the baby had passed away (which is what I suspected when I saw it) - I have pics but am not posting them. It was either Puddles or Pippi. Life in very fragile. These babies all were doing great. RIP sweet baby.
UPDATE- the animal care director just texted me. It was Pippi , the last chick to hatch
Pippi, named after the pipping process that happens while hatching, was the last viable egg to hatch. After being moved to the incubator for safe keeping, it started pipping and was moved back to the nest with mom and dad. After the full 36 hours the hatching process takes, Keeper Summer came in on July 8 to see our newest chick and aptly named it Pippi.
Flamingo chick / Montgomery Zoo / Update below
I think this is Kisba (the oldest of this season's chicks)
Some very sad news today. When I got to the exhibit I observed one of the babies on the ground- I was concerned & texted a few keepers & directors to check it out. At the same time I ran into 2 keepers and sent them over. Then I saw the vet zooming over there.
I later learned the baby had passed away (which is what I suspected when I saw it) - I have pics but am not posting them. It was either Puddles or Pippi. Life in very fragile. These babies all were doing great. RIP sweet baby.
UPDATE- the animal care director just texted me. It was Pippi , the last chick to hatch
Pippi, named after the pipping process that happens while hatching, was the last viable egg to hatch. After being moved to the incubator for safe keeping, it started pipping and was moved back to the nest with mom and dad. After the full 36 hours the hatching process takes, Keeper Summer came in on July 8 to see our newest chick and aptly named it Pippi.