chicks

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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

The 26 hatched chicks were grown from fertilized tissue transferred from hen’s eggs into the new container, which functioned essentially as an incubator.

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

Up to 14 osprey chicks are re-located from Scotland and released in the Poole Harbour area each year.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

From the downy feathers on her apron, I figured, she’d been tending the new chicks.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye