So many chicks! 🦩 We are up to 14 lesser flamingo chicks that are being hand-reared here at the Zoo. In addition to feeding and caring for them each day, keepers take the baby birds out on walks behind-the-scenes to encourage proper growth and development and get a little exercise! | Fort Worth Zoo

It’s International Flamingo Day and we’re seeing … gray! This year, with 19 lesser flamingo chicks, the Zoo has surpassed 400 hatchings (412 to be exact) since our conservation work with this speces began in 2002. Born a fluffy white or gray, the chicks will eventually get that characteristic pink plumage by age 3 or 4, thanks to pigments or carotenoids found in their diet. We are incredibly proud of our bird staff and their diligence and dedication to these flamingos and this conservation progr

22K views · 699 reactions | Our lesser flamingo chicks are out on habitat with the adults - you can’t miss them, they’re the little gray ones!  Their fluffy gray will eventually turn into that characteristic pink plumage by age 3 or 4, thanks to the pigments or carotenoids found in their diet! For now, they’re busy being sleepy, gray flamingos! 囹勇 | Fort Worth Zoo | Facebook

WATCH as our adorable lesser flamingo chicks join the flock in their habitat debut! The entire flock waddled out this morning, each getting a little check-up from our zoologists before they set off on their big adventures out on habitat. P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for our littlest chick taking a dip in the pond! 😍 | Dallas Zoo