Ever wonder what’s going on inside the eggs as you wait the LONG 21 days until hatch day? Well, put away your LED flashlight and get out of that dark closet, here’s an up-close and totally AMAZING look at chicken embryo development from day 1 to 21. For more information about  embryo development and candling pictures, visit my blog post here.

















*Photos by  the Purdue Research Institute.

Order your copy of my bestselling book,

The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens!

Available now on Amazon!

Kathy Shea Mormino

Affectionately known internationally as The Chicken Chick®, Kathy Shea Mormino shares a fun-loving, informative style to raising backyard chickens. …Read on


Ever wonder what’s going on inside the eggs as you wait the LONG 21 days until hatch day? Well, put away your LED flashlight and get out of that dark closet, here’s an up-close and totally AMAZING look at chicken embryo development from day 1 to 21. For more information about  embryo development and candling pictures, visit my blog post here.

















*Photos by  the Purdue Research Institute.

Order your copy of my bestselling book,

The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens!

Available now on Amazon!

guest
31 Comments
Anonymous
Anonymous
14 years ago

I was just telling my husband yesterday how I just love your blogs. I have used your blog on how an egg is formed to show my questioning friends several time. Very Informational! Keep up the good work. Shawn Harkrider

Kathy Mormino, the Chicken Chick
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Aren't you nice? Thank you for saying so. :)

ADozenGirlz/The Chicken Chick™
14 years ago

I'm fascinated by this process every time I see these photos and every time I candle hatching eggs. To think that it takes only 21 days to go from egg to live chick is just mind-boggling!

1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 13