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Heritage Chickens - The Eggs

The eggs are here. We candled them to see the little chick growing inside. Here is Sarah's pictures of what is inside.


This is how the chick looks inside the egg on day 10.

This is how big it is on day 14. The chicks hatched on day 21.

The lightbox so we can see inside the eggs.

One of the eggs dropped on the floor. We looked at it and could see the chick embryo.

Can you see the white spot? This is the beginning of a chicken.

Watch the movie of the chickens hatching (1.6 MB Quicktime).

More Pictures

The chicken eggs in the incubator are different colours. They are tan, brown, white and off-white. This is because the eggs are from different breeds of chickens. Newly hatched chicks in the incubator. The new chicks are very warm. The chicks have just hatched in the round incubator. The chicks are sticky and wet and don't look soft and fluffy at all. There were a lot of
eggshells in the incubator. When the chick hatches, the eggshell is
chipped in half and yucky messy stuff coats the inside. Some eggs didn't hatch. Some chicks made one hole in the shell and then became to
exhausted to get out.
Look to the middle left for an egg with a crack in it. This is a chick hatching. Holding the baby chickens.  
Holding the baby chickens. Holding the baby chickens. Holding the baby chickens.
The chicks are warm and fuzzy. The chickens in their new home. Holding the baby chickens.