chick
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“Our new Donna, Jess, brings a real rock chick energy to it,” Holcenberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Their first chick emerged from its egg on Friday at 15:10 BST.
From BBC ● May 23, 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
She also dug some of the chick stuff like Dido and Faith Hill and Coldplay, but her current favorites were definitely the White Stripes, which didn’t surprise me.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
But poultry companies ended up hatching too many chicks and overestimating demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Site manager Mhairi Maclauchlan said staff had been "on tenterhooks" until the chicks hatched and very relieved when they did.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
The eggs were laid between 30 April and 6 May and, once the chicks hatched in June, a local primary school helped name them Ash, Bowness Bobbi and Beau.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The grouse chicks didn’t know they were supposed to be chickens.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
