He is fatter so he can keep the egg warmer than the mother.
Penguins hatch on their mother's feet. Shortly before the eggs are supposed to hatch, the mother penguin returns and takes over the egg tending. The father heads back to the sea and replenishes his blubber & returns right after the eggs hatch with food for the baby.
emperor penguin's eggs hatch in the fathers pouch.
Penguin chicks typically hatch in the Antarctic region during the austral summer, which is between September and February, depending on the penguin species.
A penguin rookery is a place where penguins hatch their eggs and rear their young.
Penguin chicks hatch from eggs.
one each female penguin, and the male takes of it
3 months
about a week
2-4 months
after about 1-2 years after a mommy penguin and a daddy penguin have special loving time
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.
Your looking at around 3 days.