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How do ostrich parents look after their young in a perilous environment? Ostrich chicks face a life with many dangers. They must be protected from predators, kept out of the intense heat of the sun and taken to a food source when the yolk in their stomachs has been depleted. Parents watch the chicks for 24 hours a day with the mother and father taking turns. Chicks must grow seven inches a month to reach adult height within a year and must find water sources to drink and cool down in, as the sun is the most serious threat to young chicks.