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Wales Farm Celebrates Arrival Of Five Baby Humboldt Penguin Chicks

Wales Farm Celebrates Arrival Of Five Baby Humboldt Penguin Chicks. A Wales farm is celebrating the arrival of five new baby Humboldt penguin chicks. The chicks are the first to hatch at Pembrokeshire’s Folly Farm since 2021. The adorable new penguin chicks are growing quickly and are currently cosy in their nest boxes being cared for by both parents who take turns feeding whilst the other goes for a swim in the pool. Chicks can double or even triple in weight every couple of days. In a few weeks, they will leave their nests and be taken by the experienced keepers into their Penguin Nursery facility where they'll spend a few weeks learning to feed on whole fish and swim in their small 'baby pool' before graduating to the main pool again with the rest of the colony. Humboldt penguins are classed as a vulnerable species and threats to them in the wild are numerous. Habitat loss, pollution, climate change and reduced food availability due to commercial fishing are the main issues.