Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- If you watched the live stream, then you already know.

Bailey, a 10-year-old reticulated giraffe at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, welcomed a calf to the herd Wednesday. And it's a girl!

The zoo said Bailey and her baby are doing well and will even be visible from a short distance to guests in the giraffe barn tomorrow, as long as mom and calf continue to appear healthy and calm. The giraffe barn will be a quiet zone for guests and staff, and if mom and baby show any signs of discomfort, the barn will be closed.

According to the zoo, this is Bailey's second calf and second daughter. The calf appears to be healthy, having met milestones its care team wants to see, like taking its first steps and nursing within the first two hours after it was born, the zoo said.

The zoo said they don’t have an exact height or weight on the baby, but she appears to be a normal weight and height for a calf – close to six feet tall and around 125 pounds.

Following Cheyenne Mountain Zoo tradition, the calf will not be named until she is at least 30 days old.

The new calf is the seventeenth member of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s reticulated giraffe herd and is the seventh to be sired by dad, Khalid.

Find more information on the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo giraffe herd here.