Out of nowhere, a woman went home to find about 70 chicks from three cartons of eggs. What is remarkable about this story is that store-bought eggs are normally not fertilized, which means they shouldn’t hatch. The sight of dozens of little yellow chicks scurrying about her kitchen stunned her and soon went viral on the internet.
The eggs had been stored in cartons, and to the woman’s amazement, one after another they would burst open. Before long dozens of young chicks sprang up, filling on all sides the carton and the area. Heavens and earthy birds chirped and flitted about the baby room looking out to find some warmth, and the scene was very busy, yet, at the same time, it was warm too.
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Under normal circumstances, eggs sold on sale in markets are unfertilized and available only for consumption. Fertilized eggs hatch under such conditions as incubation at fixed temperatures and humidity. That so many chicks came from ordinary cartons indicates that, at least, these eggs were fertilized before being sold which is extremely rare. This wouldn’t have occurred at all, experts argue the eggs would have come from farms with roosters in close proximity to hens so that the natural process of fertilization occurred.
The incident quickly became a hit on social media. There began to be a stir in the town, and many users joked on Twitter about the “unexpected poultry farm” on her back porch while others questioned food security and farming practices. Some even thought about it as an emblem of nature’s unpredictability, and the way that life strikes out in its most surprising places.
It was an interesting event, but also worrisome in that it made people question egg quality control for egg farming. Fertilized eggs are not harmful to eat, which sounds a bit like looking at their presence in commercial cartons. Experts in agriculture say more stringent monitoring is necessary to guarantee unfertilized eggs reach consumers, particularly for widespread distribution.
The woman’s finding of 70 chicks hatching from the eggs that are purchased in stores was shocking, and thought provoking. It underscores the unpredictability of nature, the quality of food, and the necessity of more regulatory systems in farming. What started as a run-of-the-mill purchase became an unforgettable trip, so memorable that she added to her shopping cart dozens of unlikely feathered friendlets and started global conversations online.
