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

He says it about the tender vegetable starts in the garden, about waiting for the chicks to become old enough to lay eggs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy