chick
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The egg belongs to parents French and Frank, with staff at the zoo saying the chick has already overcome several obstacles to survive - including the heat.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Miss enough feedings and a vulnerable chick can perish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
She added that the scheme only removes one chick at a time from nests, and the birds are checked for bird flu before they are released.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Our new Donna, Jess, brings a real rock chick energy to it,” Holcenberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Frightful lifted her body so that she had very little weight on the hatching chick.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
White-tailed eagle chicks have successfully fledged from wild nests in England for the fourth consecutive year.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Resistance at first was fierce, since the idea had never been tried and putting puffin chicks at risk seemed antithetical to the Audubon Society’s creed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I wondered what was special about these chickens, and if I’d be able to figure it out myself, or if it was something I couldn’t really know until later, like Buffy’s chicks.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
