Babies And Young Penguins

During the summer penguins come ashore to breed.

Penguins usually lay one egg at a time, and

two a year. Once the mother penguin lays the egg

she leaves to go feed at the ocean. During this time

the father is responsible for hatching and taking

care of the egg. The father penguin will incubate the

egg for about two months.

Once the chick has hatched the father cannot just

leave it so he can go eat, he has to live on his fat

stored in his body until the mother arrives. This

will be in one or two days. Once the mother arrives

the father passes the chick to her so he can feed.

While he is gone the mother feeds the baby with

food shehas stored in her crop.

Once father returns, mother passes chick back to the

father. Now both of them will take care of the baby

until it is grown.