The chicks, which can walk and feed themselves just hours after hatching ... the number of birds that return to Britain to breed. WWT's Godwit "head-starting" work - in which eggs are collected ...
Most commercial hatcheries have breeder farms where the parent stock - birds producing eggs for hatching are reared. In these farms, several factors are considered including ratio of cocks to hens ...
Perhaps a streamlined bird needs a streamlined egg; stout flightless birds like ostriches and emus hatch from eggs that are nearly round. Penguins, however, break the mold: Although the aquatic ...