New breeding season

We have our first eggs - on Tuesday 15 Sept and with that the breeding season has begun again. It is rare that Yellow-eyed penguins lay before mid September so we start our egg-hunt on the 15th to get lay dates. This allows us to calculate expected hatch dates. The adult - usually the male - does not sit on the egg properly until the second egg arrives 3-4 days later. This ensures that the chicks hatch within 24 hours of each other and are the same size. No one has an unfair advantage and both chicks are raised. We are very excited and are looking forward to finding lots more eggs on our twice-weekly rounds! Yeah - new penguins are being created as I write this.