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By: IrishEyes (offline) on Friday, January 03 2014 @ 08:57 PM EST

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SATURDAY..JAN.4, 2014..

THis is so lovely...two chicks i think

One chick here

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By: JudyB (offline) on Friday, January 03 2014 @ 09:30 PM EST

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It is a lovely view, Bev, but I'm not sure if those are chicks - some of them might be adults a ways away. I'm thinking chicks are one color for a while - but I do watch a lot of cams, so am easily confused.

Gabi and Ferenz - any idea what little penguin chicks look like? Thanks!

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By: IrishEyes (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 12:38 AM EST

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Thank you JudyB.... You are right.. last night when i watched the March of the Penguins the chicks were one color.... what was i thinking...

Gabi and Ferenz will enlighten us...

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By: Ferenz (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 04:00 AM EST

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I scrolled back to my posting in Storchenhof-Loburg-Forum from 09.01.2013,
JudyB & IrishEyes:

I didn't find detailed info about the size of chicks, but you can estimate it because
adult penguins reach 75-80 cm (30-31 in) in length.

The chicks may have 1/5 of the adults length I guess -> ~15cm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Penguin

And here's a lovely photo of Martin Grunds Image-Galerie:

http://www.martingrund.de/bildgalerie_p ... ge_id=1270

http://forum.storchenhof-loburg.de/view ... start=1710

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By: Ferenz (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 04:46 AM EST

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IrishEyes, the gentoos you watched (yellow circle, red arrow) are adults.
The 3 or 4 hatched chicks at the basement may be just 2-3 days old!

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By: IrishEyes (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 07:14 AM EST

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Hello Ferenz and thank you for so much for your input and interesting links re the Gentoo Penguins...

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By: Gabi (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 07:28 AM EST

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Saturday, 01.04.2014

Ferenz Thank you so much for your very gorgeous informations.

Hi Judy and Irish Eyes

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Please take a look to our White Stork Thread and Gentoo Penguin Thread

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By: Gabi (offline) on Saturday, January 04 2014 @ 07:46 AM EST

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Congratulations Gabi.. on your TA Badge........

HI everyone... Ferenz, Gabi and all.............

I watched the March of the Penguins on TV last night..... incredible documentary and i learned so much.... i was fascinated... I had no idea that the Males took over the incubation of the eggs after the Females laid them...

Hi Bev are you sure that only Gentoo penguins male incubate the eggs? Usually both male and female share the incubation. Studies have shown that both took turns in breeding in a rhythm of two days, Martin Grund says !
Gentoo penguins do not march.

I think you mean Emperor penguins which do not have nests

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMBrWfSo68I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Penguin