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European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) incubating on nest in an old cardboard box. Europe European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) nest in an old cardboard box. Europe Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) nest with eggs. Europe including Britain Hedge Sparrow or Dunnock (Prunella modularis) nest with eggs. Great Tit (Parus major) nest with eggs. Great Tit (Parus major) nest with eggs. Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) egg. Europe Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) nest with eggs. Europe Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) egg. Street Pigeon (Columba livia) squab hatching from egg. 1 egg series: 5. Worldwide Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) egg in nest. Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) chick struggling out of the egg. S.E. Asia Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) new-born chicks and eggs hatching. S.E. Asia Bantam eggs. Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) newly-hatched chicks, blind and naked, beside their eggshells. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) chick, in a nest. Hatchling Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) chick resting after struggling from the egg. Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) chick struggling out of its shell, still with half the shell stuck to its head. White-naped Nightjar or Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) incubating. South America White-naped Nightjar or Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) eggs. South America Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) nest. Europe Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) displaying on its nest. Antarctica Sequence showing an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) hatching from an egg. Ostrich (Struthio camelus) egg next to a hen's egg, showing their relative sizes. Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) incubating female turning eggs in the nest. North Atlantic Blue-winged Kookaburras (Dacelo leachi) growing up. Hatching, 3 hours old, and 7, 18, 22, 31 and 60 days old. Australia Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachi) growing up. Hatching, 3 hours old, and 7, 18, 22, 31 and 60 days old. Nest and eggs of a Blackbird (Turdus merula). Nest and eggs of a European Robin (Erithacus rubecula). A chicken's egg can withstand extreme pressure applied to its ends. Chicken egg with point of hatch chick dead in shell. Hen's egg. Egg of Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) photographed by transmitted light ('candled'). Showing development at days 0, 2, 5, 7, and 14.