Primary school youngsters watched in awe as chicks they have been incubating for the past 21 days began to hatch just in time for Easter.
Staff and children at Rowlatts Hill Primary, in Balderstone Close, Leicester, have been looking after 20 eggs since the middle of February, making sure they were kept at the correct temperature.
They finally began to hatch yesterday and visitors to the school's website can watch them being born via a live web link.
Grant Penton, business manager at the school, said: "It's been very exciting to watch and has brought the whole school together. The children have been learning about them in class and waiting in anticipation for the chicks to hatch. They have seen the whole process from beginning to end. Now we're just waiting for them all to be born."
Watch the chicks on the webcam.
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