CHESTER Zoo is celebrating Easter with the arrival of some very special chicks.
The first baby Humboldt Penguins have started to hatch.
Keeper Karen Neech said: “So far, we have had 10 chicks hatch, so things are incredibly busy for us and the adult penguins.
“There is much more food required with all these extra mouths.”
Each pair of penguins lays two eggs and will incubate them for 40 days up to hatching.
Karen added: “It will be around eight weeks before the juveniles leave the nests, so at the moment we are keeping a close eye on their development.”
This year, in recognition of the Year of the Forest campaign, the zoo is naming hatchlings with a British tree theme.
The first to hatch was given the name Acorn and the last to hatch will be given the name Oak. Humboldt Penguins are a South American species and classed as endangered.
