Challenge: Hatching The Impossible!!!!!

[CluckNDoodle]

Thanks for the update! You should leave the first one in there just to see what happens. Would it absorb the other embryo or something? Sorry, just curious lol. I hope the fairy egg develops, that would be neat. @CluckNDoodle have you ever incubated a double yolker?

I do always enjoy a good experiment!

Fairy eggs don't usually have a blastodisc to be fertilized because it actually passes through the oviduct before the yolk is released somehow, I can't remember the specifics but it's highly unlikely that it will do anything.

Double yolkers are something I avoid just because they can be heart breaking but not impossible to hatch.

Just to prepare you, the worst case scenario I've seen with a double yolker was two viable chicks developed but one of the chicks actually absorbed the other fully developed chick along with the yolk sac and it appeared to be pregnant with a kicking and peeping chick in it's abdomen when it hatched.
Best case you have two healthy chicks successfully hatch!
The most common outcome you see is that they quit before making it to hatch. If one embryo fails it makes an unhealthy environment for the other embryo eventually resulting in the other also quitting.

As long as you're prepared for that, I do wish you the very best! I look forward to your updates and I hope it works out!!

 

[MGG]

I do always enjoy a good experiment!

Fairy eggs don't usually have a blastodisc to be fertilized because it actually passes through the oviduct before the yolk is released somehow, I can't remember the specifics but it's highly unlikely that it will do anything.

Double yolkers are something I avoid just because they can be heart breaking but not impossible to hatch.

Just to prepare you, the worst case scenario I've seen with a double yolker was two viable chicks developed but one of the chicks actually absorbed the other fully developed chick along with the yolk sac and it appeared to be pregnant with a kicking and peeping chick in it's abdomen when it hatched.
Best case you have two healthy chicks successfully hatch!
The most common outcome you see is that they quit before making it to hatch. If one embryo fails it makes an unhealthy environment for the other embryo eventually resulting in the other also quitting.

As long as you're prepared for that, I do wish you the very best! I look forward to your updates and I hope it works out!!

Wow, that's really interesting about the fairy egg. Oh, I didn't know double-yolkers could do that.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I wonder if it would. I don't know. It's like a suspensful movie, I can't wait to see the outcome lol! If you keep it I would candle it every 3 days instead of the usual times so you will know if the remaining one dies. Then you can remove it or eggtopsy it. Did you take any candling pics by chance? I'd love to see what it looks like.

I can take a picture of it later for you guys.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I do always enjoy a good experiment!

Fairy eggs don't usually have a blastodisc to be fertilized because it actually passes through the oviduct before the yolk is released somehow, I can't remember the specifics but it's highly unlikely that it will do anything.

Double yolkers are something I avoid just because they can be heart breaking but not impossible to hatch.

Just to prepare you, the worst case scenario I've seen with a double yolker was two viable chicks developed but one of the chicks actually absorbed the other fully developed chick along with the yolk sac and it appeared to be pregnant with a kicking and peeping chick in it's abdomen when it hatched.
Best case you have two healthy chicks successfully hatch!
The most common outcome you see is that they quit before making it to hatch. If one embryo fails it makes an unhealthy environment for the other embryo eventually resulting in the other also quitting.

As long as you're prepared for that, I do wish you the very best! I look forward to your updates and I hope it works out!!

Interesting.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I do always enjoy a good experiment!

Fairy eggs don't usually have a blastodisc to be fertilized because it actually passes through the oviduct before the yolk is released somehow, I can't remember the specifics but it's highly unlikely that it will do anything.

Double yolkers are something I avoid just because they can be heart breaking but not impossible to hatch.

Just to prepare you, the worst case scenario I've seen with a double yolker was two viable chicks developed but one of the chicks actually absorbed the other fully developed chick along with the yolk sac and it appeared to be pregnant with a kicking and peeping chick in it's abdomen when it hatched.
Best case you have two healthy chicks successfully hatch!
The most common outcome you see is that they quit before making it to hatch. If one embryo fails it makes an unhealthy environment for the other embryo eventually resulting in the other also quitting.

As long as you're prepared for that, I do wish you the very best! I look forward to your updates and I hope it works out!!

Oh, yeah I have a question.
Are you sure that case of a chick absorbing it's twin was the result of a double yolker, & not Siamese twin chicks?
Siamese twin chicks are when two embryos share one yolk. It's very rare, but happens.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Oh, yeah I have a question.
Are you sure that case of a chick absorbing it's twin was the result of a double yolker, & not Siamese twin chicks?
Siamese twin chicks are when two embryos share one yolk. It's very rare, but happens.

It wasn't in my hands so I suppose I can't confirm anything 100% but the person dealing with it said it was a double yolker. I did see the video that she recorded after the fact with the chick inside the abdomen though...

 

[MysteryChicken]

It wasn't in my hands so I suppose I can't confirm anything 100% but the person dealing with it said it was a double yolker. I did see the video that she recorded after the fact with the chick inside the abdomen though...

Is it on YouTube?
Pictures before, & after would be helpful if I were the person doing that hatching experiment.

Would you like to see a video of a rare case of Siamese twin chick?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Is it on YouTube?

Would you like to see a video of a rare case of Siamese twin chick?

No, unfortunately it was on facebook in the Backyard Chickens group. Sometime last year. She was really overwhelmed by the response and people freaking out and she turned commenting off so I don't even know how things turned out but I've never been able to get the imagery out of my head. I know she originally posted the video with something like "pregnant chick?" so I'll search through posts and see if I can find it.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Is it on YouTube?
Pictures before, & after would be helpful if I were the person doing that hatching experiment.

Would you like to see a video of a rare case of Siamese twin chick?

Unfortunately I couldn't find it...but there are apparently a lot of pregnant women with baby chicks because a ton of posts popped up about that instead.

 

[MysteryChicken]

No, unfortunately it was on facebook in the Backyard Chickens group. Sometime last year. She was really overwhelmed by the response and people freaking out and she turned commenting off so I don't even know how things turned out but I've never been able to get the imagery out of my head. I know she originally posted the video with something like "pregnant chick?" so I'll search through posts and see if I can find it.

Shoot, I don't even use Facebook.
Something like that would be very overwhelming.

Sounds good, I'm very curious about this whole thing.