Flamingos incubating wooden replica eggs
We catch all of our Flamingos every year. We count them and make sure they're healthy. And it doesn't cause them any stress. They're weighed and fitted with a microchip each
Recent hatchlings are microchipped. And we do DNA tests to confirm whether new arrivals are male or female.
We pay special attention to their feet because we hardly ever get to see them. Feet can be prone to disease so it's important to keep an eye on them.
We switch their eggs with wooden replicas
To give the chicks the best chance of hatching, we'll remove the eggs and put them in an incubator. The parents are given numbered wooden eggs so they continue to nest. When the chicks are ready to hatch, we put them back on their nest and let them hatch naturally. www.chesterzoo.org/our-zoo/animals/flamingos/
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo
Howbout you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo
Flamingos incubating wooden replica eggs
We catch all of our Flamingos every year. We count them and make sure they're healthy. And it doesn't cause them any stress. They're weighed and fitted with a microchip each
Recent hatchlings are microchipped. And we do DNA tests to confirm whether new arrivals are male or female.
We pay special attention to their feet because we hardly ever get to see them. Feet can be prone to disease so it's important to keep an eye on them.
We switch their eggs with wooden replicas
To give the chicks the best chance of hatching, we'll remove the eggs and put them in an incubator. The parents are given numbered wooden eggs so they continue to nest. When the chicks are ready to hatch, we put them back on their nest and let them hatch naturally. www.chesterzoo.org/our-zoo/animals/flamingos/
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo
Howbout you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo