Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Frank Mathie
April 2, 2014 (BROOKFIELD, Ill.) (WLS) --
A Humboldt penguin chick hatched at Brookfield Zoo's Living Coast Exhibit. The zoo's celebrating, but the chick is camera shy.
"He is in the nest with his parents right now and we're
trying to see if we're going to be able to get him to poke his head out
while his parents are being fed," Tim Snyder, curator of birds, said. No such luck. The chick's mom, Salsa, came out of the nest box alone, leaving the 6-week-old chick inside with dad. That chick's still hiding. And the baby bird wouldn't be here at all if not for a little zoo magic- thanks to a dummy egg and a fertile egg from Columbus Zoo. "What we did when the egg came from Columbus we actually slipped the dummy egg out from beneath the parents and put the real egg from Columbus underneath them and they accepted it with no problem," Snyder said. "Like magic."
This little chick is a foster chick. His egg was brought to Brookfield Zoo from Columbus Zoo because the harsh winter made incubating difficult at Columbus Zoo. Salsa and Ceviche, both 10, were chosen as foster parent penguins because they have successful raised chicks in the past and had their own infertile egg. That infertile egg was replaced with the dummy egg, and then the dummy egg was replaced with the fertile egg. On February 20, the male chick hatched.
A 7-day-old Humboldt penguin chick at Brookfield Zoo has a
weigh in during a wellness check. The egg was actually laid by a pair at
Columbus Zoo but the parents had difficulties incubating the egg due to
the Arctic blast that swept through Ohio. The egg was brought to
Brookfield Zoo, based on a recommendation of the Association of Zoos and
Aquariums Humboldt Penguin Species Survival Plan, and given to foster
parents to continue the incubation process. The chick hatched on
February 20 and is progressing very well.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
Jennifer Langan, DVM, Dipl. ACZM, associate veterinarian for
the Chicago Zoological Society, examines a 7-day-old Humboldt penguin
chick that hatched at the zoo on February 20. The egg was laid by a pair
of penguins at Columbus Zoo but the parents had difficulties incubating
the egg due to the Arctic blast that swept through Ohio. The egg was
brought to Brookfield Zoo, based on a recommendation of the Association
of Zoos and Aquariums Humboldt Penguin Species Survival Plan, and given
to foster parents to continue the incubation process.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
A 2-week-old Humboldt penguin chick hatched at Brookfield Zoo
and is doing very well. The penguin egg was actually laid by a pair at
Columbus Zoo but the parents had difficulties incubating the egg due to
the Arctic blast that swept through Ohio. Based on a recommendation by
the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Humboldt Penguin Species Survival
Plan, the egg was brought to Brookfield Zoo and given to foster parents
to continue the incubation process.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
A 2-week-old Humboldt penguin chick at Brookfield Zoo has a
weigh in during a wellness check. The egg was laid by a pair at Columbus
Zoo but the parents had difficulties incubating the egg due to the
Arctic blast that swept through Ohio. The egg was brought to Brookfield
Zoo and given to foster parents to continue the incubation process. The
chick hatched on February 20 and is progressing very well.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
A 1-month-old Humboldt penguin chick hatched at Brookfield Zoo
on February 20. The penguin egg was laid at Columbus Zoo but the
parents had difficulties incubating the egg due to the Arctic blast that
swept through Ohio. Based on a recommendation by the Association of
Zoos and Aquariums Humboldt Penguin Species Survival Plan, the egg was
brought to Brookfield Zoo and given to foster parents to continue the
incubation process. He is progressing very well due to attentive care
from his foster parents.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
Emily Venckus, a bird keeper for the Chicago Zoological
Society, checks the weight of a 1-month-old Humboldt penguin chick at
Brookfield Zoo. The male chick hatched on February 20 and is progressing
very well due to attentive care from his foster parents. The penguin
egg was laid at Columbus Zoo but the parents had difficulties incubating
the egg due to the Arctic blast that swept through Ohio. Based on a
recommendation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Humboldt
Penguin Species Survival Plan, the egg was brought to Brookfield Zoo and
given to foster parents to continue the incubation process.
(Photo/Jim Schulz)
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