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Two dozen flamingo chicks August 15, 2018

This year already more than two dozen - a total of 25 chicks - hatched among the greater flamingos, and further chicks can be expected to be born. Together with the youngsters, the Budapest flock of flamingos consists of 139 animals.

The hatching season was successful for the greater flamingos. So far 25 chicks have hatched from the eggs but further hatchlings can still be expected. Flamingos regularly multiply in the Budapest Zoo; last year 17 chicks successfully grew up.

Currently the colony counts 139 animals, including the chicks, thus we can exhibit a rather populous flurry to the public. The adult birds feed their hatchlings very diligently with the crop milk that is produced in the crop area of the adults, in such a way that the adults use their own beak to pour the red-coloured crop milk directly into the chick's beak.