chicks

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Up to 14 osprey chicks were relocated from Scotland and released in the Poole Harbour area each year until 2021.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

To be fair, the company appears to have successfully developed a membrane that can provide oxygen to the growing embryos better than existing technologies that have allowed chicks to grow outside the shell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Without at least four birds working together to raise young, their slow-developing chicks won’t survive long enough to leave the nest.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Friends of Big Bear Valley announced Friday that the two chicks have been named Sandy and Luna following a communitywide naming contest and a final vote by Big Bear Valley third-graders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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