TEN YEARS AGO: Hens at Boston nursery attract international audience

Staniland Nursery, in Boston, 10 years ago.Staniland Nursery, in Boston, 10 years ago.
Staniland Nursery, in Boston, 10 years ago.
Four hen chicks hatched at Boston’s Staniland Nursery attracted an international audience via a webcam in their pen 10 years ago.

People in New Zealand and Canada were among those visiting www.ustream.tv/channel/chick-webcam to see Albert, Eggbert, Norbert, and Sherbert.

Two of the four are pictured with the Starfish class and the nursery’s Louise Curtis.

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