Record-setting 60-year-old flamingo hatches 2 chicks at Louisville Zoo

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE/Gray News) — The Louisville Zoo announced the arrival of brand-new Chilean flamingo chicks on Thursday.One of the zoo’s Chilean flamingos just became a parent at 60 years old, a record-setting age for a female Chilean flamingo to produce chicks. She produced two.The flock has welcomed six chicks in total this season, and all of them are being hand-reared by the zoo’s bird keeper staff.Flamingo chicks hatch covered in snowy white down that transitions to gray before they turn into the famous flamingo pink as they grow.