This species has a very low reproduction rate, needing more than 10 years to reach their sexual maturity and each couple rears only one chick every two to three years.

However, in captivity it is possible to increase their reproduction capacity by removing the first seasonal egg and leaving the second one to the care of the parents. The eggs removed, at the zoological institutions which are part of the PCCA, are incubated artificially in the Buenos Aires Ecoparque.
It is worth emphasising that 100% of fertile eggs resulted in born chicks, and that 100% of them were included in release programmes into their natural habit. To do this, all the chicks born within the programme are reared in human isolation by using latex puppets that act as their parents.
After two months, the chicks are introduced to wild individuals, but always in isolation. They will remain in this situation until they have fully completed their juvenile plumage, brownish ochre colour, which they get when they are about six months old.
From this moment they will be ready to be included in release programmes in South America. Up until march 2021, setting a world record, the PCCA has managed to incubate and rear in human isolation 78 Condor chicks. All of which were referred to conservation plans in situ.