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

They hatched four chicks in 2024 and another four in 2025 they are the first ospreys to breed on England's south coast in 180 years.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Whiskers perched himself on the still-empty chicken coop—I hoped to order some chicks soon from Sears and Roebuck—earnestly licking the mud from his white paws.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson