chick
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The charity's reserve's officer Paul Waterhouse explained the new pair, Blue 717 and her mate Blue 476, had only fledged one chick last year, which was normal among less-experienced ospreys.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Managing people and predators around nesting beaches, with the modest goal of helping pairs of oystercatchers fledge half a chick more each year, brought a 45% population surge by 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
"If they get shot when they're still sort of midway through their breeding season, it's not just the chick that dies, it's also that the breeding population is reduced."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The first chick hatched late Saturday at 11:33 p.m. while the second emerged Sunday at 8:30 a.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees the couple’s webcam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
She was still afraid but, at the same time, pulled to her chick in the one tree.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
“She looked so fierce with her powerful sharp beak and large powerful sharp talons, but cared for her chicks so gently and lovingly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Processors are constantly trying to match the number of chicks they need to hatch to the amount of meat their customers are willing to buy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But poultry companies ended up hatching too many chicks and overestimating demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"We're hoping next year they'll just be old enough to start having their own chicks."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was kind of too bad, I thought, that I didn’t have at least one of her chicks left to turn that hawk-chicken to stone.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
