They leave when they are about three months old and know how to catch food and live on their own.
An penguin is a bird that can take a very long time to develop from an egg to an adult.
2-4 months
2 months
After the penguin egg is laid, the male will sit on the egg while the females leave to find food. The males will sit on the eggs for a full two months before the egg hatches.
It matters what kind of egg. Some take a couple days, some take 3 months.
He sits on it.
Less that 1 minute if its winter in Antarctica.
about a week
Penguins typically have a gestation period of about 30-40 days before laying an egg. After the egg is laid, it takes another 30-40 days for the egg to hatch, so overall, it can take about 60-80 days for a penguin to be born.
Most eggs take about 34-35 days to hatch. The first egg laid takes about a day longer to hatch than the second egg (33 days). They hatch about 1.5 apart.
About a couple months
they um keep the egg warm until the mama penguin returns from her long journey