I've hatched probably hundreds of chicks, but I've never encountered this. Four legs, four wings, two spines, two eyes, one beak.
My aseel/phoenix/ OEGB mix hen, Ginger emerged from her "secret" nest under the porch with 8 chicks, so I crawled under and retrieved the lone unhatched egg from her nest. After a quick candle to determine it was dead, I opened it up to see if I could tell what happened.
I crawled under the porch only one other time to candle, and didn't notice anything odd at that time, but then again, I was only checking for blood vessels in the eggs after noticing my rogue broody. I am uncertain if it started as a double yolk or if there could have been a double germinal disk.
I wanted to share this fascinating occurrence. I hope you find it as intriguing as I do!
Here is a video of the egg dissection: Opening an Egg Containing Conjoined Twins
My aseel/phoenix/ OEGB mix hen, Ginger emerged from her "secret" nest under the porch with 8 chicks, so I crawled under and retrieved the lone unhatched egg from her nest. After a quick candle to determine it was dead, I opened it up to see if I could tell what happened.
I crawled under the porch only one other time to candle, and didn't notice anything odd at that time, but then again, I was only checking for blood vessels in the eggs after noticing my rogue broody. I am uncertain if it started as a double yolk or if there could have been a double germinal disk.
I wanted to share this fascinating occurrence. I hope you find it as intriguing as I do!
Here is a video of the egg dissection: Opening an Egg Containing Conjoined Twins
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