A SWEDISH woman decided to test whether it was possible to get a chick to hatch from a box of eggs — and three weeks later Coop Olle was born.

    The small yellow chicken was born in Ranas, north of Stockholm, after Agneta Linge put the box in an incubator.

    She has named the newborn after the Coop store she bought the eggs from.

    Agneta, 52, was inspired to try it after going on Facebook.

    She told The Local, “I saw a Facebook site called “people who have hatched shop eggs” and I couldn’t help but try.”

    Twenty-one days later Olle was born — but Agneta is not sure whether it is male or female

    She and partner Bernt Eriksson, 66, worried that the newborn may be lonely, so went to a nearby farm to buy two companions, who now share a cardboard box in their home.

    Agneta told Aftonbladet, “Chickens should really have company, so now he lives with two guys.”

    She continued, “Eggs that become chicks must not have been cooled, so we’ve been lucky. We had no idea that the eggs could be fertilized.”

    (SD-Agencies)