Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

Jimmy Neutron has "royal blood" to his clan mates, and he certainly doesn't try to hide it. Considering himself above of the other frozen hatchlings and even some of the adults, he obeys their orders only when it suits him. His father, the clan's former Chief Dragon, is constantly scolding him, but his mother only encourages his rowdy behavior. Jimmy's father is not the only one who is annoyed by his disobedient actions--many if not all of the clan's other members are also swearing at him, despite his mother's protests that "He's only a hatchling!"