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. The following photo presentation pairs images 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 dayBaby Chick Hatching in Home Incubator, Singing and Dancing Easter Egger, Hatch Day! Ameraucana Chick Arrives! and Hatching Easter Egger.

The following photo presentation pairs images depicting embryo development from the inside, with my own photos of candled eggs throughout the 21 chicken egg incubation period.

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

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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. The following photo presentation pairs images 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 dayBaby Chick Hatching in Home Incubator, Singing and Dancing Easter Egger, Hatch Day! Ameraucana Chick Arrives! and Hatching Easter Egger.

The following photo presentation pairs images depicting embryo development from the inside, with my own photos of candled eggs throughout the 21 chicken egg incubation period.

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

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suxexs lover sea
suxexs lover sea
10 years ago

Hi chicken chick I'm Seannah, im 12 and i have three eggs on a heat pad in a sock …i did have four but one rolled off ,so i took it and broke it and it was four days old and it had a small white dot and lots of white around the outside,i checked a nine day old one but i couldnt really see red veins but there was a dark patch in the middle,can u give me some hints ?

TheChickenChick
TheChickenChick
10 years ago

Thanks!

Jersey Girl
Jersey Girl
10 years ago

Wow you are brave fantastic pics a huge help to beginners out there and useful for long in the tooth chicken keepers and breeders like me. Brilliant well done for putting up these pics x

Lori Veen Watts
10 years ago

Thank you for responding. I am still hopeful that they will hatch. I am on hatching alert this weekend. Will let you know what happens.

TheChickenChick
TheChickenChick
10 years ago

There is always an air cell. I'm not sure what she may be talking about.

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