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.

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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!

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31 Comments
Cindy Wygant
13 years ago

I would be tempted to try the experiment with the plastic wrap and pipe but i am wondering how many of the embryos made it full term and how do they "Hatch"?

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Anonymous
14 years ago

day 21 was cute

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