It's no yolk getting out this shell...

YEAR 7 pupil Elisabeta Oprea (11) keeps a watch on the chicks

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THESE cute chicks have become reality TV stars at Hathershaw College.

Pupils have been watching them hatch live on the big screen at the Bellfield Avenue secondary school.

A dozen eggs were delivered to Hathershaw as part of the Living Eggs project, which allows pupils to watch them hatch and grow before the chicks are then re-homed - in this case with the school's Year 10 manager Mark Brocklehurst whose partner has a farm.

The newborns are being kept in a special brooder box and are receiving regular visits from Year 7 science students. But a live web-cam feed, which is being broadcast on the TV in school entrance, means all pupils and staff can monitor their progress.

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