A French artist, whose previous exploits include living inside a stuffed bear and navigating a river in a giant corked bottle, has hatched his first chick after spending three weeks sitting on 10 eggs in a Paris museum.

Abraham Poincheval, whose father made headlines for inventing pills that make flatulence smell of roses, has been on public display inside a glass case in the Palais de Tokyo modern art museum since March 29.

He could be seen checking on the eggs every few minutes by visitors or via the museum's live YouTube feed.