Regardless of the number of times I have hatched chicks, the process of embryo development fascinates me equally each time. That a chicken egg can evolve from common recipe ingredient into a living, breathing, fluffy-butt in a mere 21 days fits my definition of miraculous.The following photo presentation pairs well-known images from the Purdue Research Institute, depicting embryo development from the inside, with my own photos of candled eggs throughout the 21 chicken egg incubation period.
I invite you to view any one of my YouTube videos to witness the wonder of hatch day. Baby Chick Hatching in Home Incubator, Singing and Dancing Easter Egger, Hatch Day! Ameraucana Chick Arrives! and Hatching Easter Egger.
Egg candling was done using the Brinsea OvaScope egg candler.
To see day 15 candling video click here
Sources for the narrative information included on these images:
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/development.html
Kathy Shea Mormino
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Regardless of the number of times I have hatched chicks, the process of embryo development fascinates me equally each time. That a chicken egg can evolve from common recipe ingredient into a living, breathing, fluffy-butt in a mere 21 days fits my definition of miraculous.The following photo presentation pairs well-known images from the Purdue Research Institute, depicting embryo development from the inside, with my own photos of candled eggs throughout the 21 chicken egg incubation period.
I invite you to view any one of my YouTube videos to witness the wonder of hatch day. Baby Chick Hatching in Home Incubator, Singing and Dancing Easter Egger, Hatch Day! Ameraucana Chick Arrives! and Hatching Easter Egger.
Egg candling was done using the Brinsea OvaScope egg candler.
To see day 15 candling video click here
Sources for the narrative information included on these images:
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/resources/egg_to_chick/development.html
I found this both a beautiful miracle & kinda creepy all rolled up in one…lol. You are always sooo informative, I often wonder how have my chickens survived without your advice.
Can't argue with the beautiful yet creepy part. And thank you. :)
We are expecting 25 broiler chicks in a couple of weeks from Meyer hatchety. They announced yesterday on FB that they are feeding a product called Oasis to the chicks just before shipping. It is a supplement to help the chicks through the shipping process. It contains soy and a whole bunch of people responded negatively due to the history of causing problems with cattle and pigs, etc. Was interesting reading and an eye opener. It also has green dye in it because supposedly chicks are attracted to the color green. It is a soft pelleted texture. Wondering if you… Read more »
I haven't heard about it but I'll look into it. Can you share a link to the negative feedback on my Facebook wall so I can see the complaints? It may be worth a call to the hatchery to see if you can discuss the possibility of having your chicks shipped with GroGel instead if you're concerned about it.