Andrew Digby (@digs.bsky.social)

#kakapo breeding fridge update. With all eggs hatched, the only changes from now will be chicks dying 😕 (And maybe Rimu’s nest). #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Bluesky Social
#FridgeUpdate And after the ebbing comes the waning: 95 live kakapo chicks out of 105 hatched.
The question is now: how many of them will reach fledging?
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#FridgeUpdate 98 live kakapo chicks!
#Fridgeupdate Probably 100 live kakapo chicks!
"that’s our current guess at how many have hatched so far."
https://bsky.app/profile/digs.bsky.social/post/3mhkfis77kk2q
#FridgeUpdate : A record number of 90 chicks have hatched!
That is more than one for each adult female on average, a remarkable number for the slow breeding #kakapo
For comparison, no previous breeding season, even the most heavily managed to induce second clutching, ever reached 60 live chicks!
And there are still a few more eggs waiting to hatch... (possiblly 8?)
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1392634052900503&set=pcb.1392658922898016