I Think We’re Doing It Wrong

[Infinitydreamer]

Backstory: My other half and I are new to hatching chickens. We have two incubators with a variety of eggs about 10 days in and we are nervous new parents, but SO excited. Also, we have a huge natural quail population in our five acre yard.

Today one of us found a quail egg, and thought, “what the hell, let’s hatch it too!” Did I mention we are REALLY excited about hatching things? So, we pop it in the incubator, and it’s in there with the rest of our eggs ALL day. Eventually, one of us decided it would be a good idea to candle it, just to see if it’s fertile, how far along it might be, etc. Nothing. It’s too dark to see anything.

Weird. What does that mean?? We ponder this for quite some time.

Are you ready for this? .....it was a chocolate egg. A leftover candy that our kids left behind.

For goodness sake, wish us better luck with the rest of our eggs!

 

[MGG]

Backstory: My other half and I are new to hatching chickens. We have two incubators with a variety of eggs about 10 days in and we are nervous new parents, but SO excited. Also, we have a huge natural quail population in our five acre yard.

Today one of us found a quail egg, and thought, “what the hell, let’s hatch it too!” Did I mention we are REALLY excited about hatching things? So, we pop it in the incubator, and it’s in there with the rest of our eggs ALL day. Eventually, one of us decided it would be a good idea to candle it, just to see if it’s fertile, how far along it might be, etc. Nothing. It’s too dark to see anything.

Weird. What does that mean?? We ponder this for quite some time.

Are you ready for this? .....it was a chocolate egg. A leftover candy that our kids left behind.

For goodness sake, wish us better luck with the rest of our eggs!

That is SO funny! I could honestly see myself putting it in too! Thanks for sharing!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Backstory: My other half and I are new to hatching chickens. We have two incubators with a variety of eggs about 10 days in and we are nervous new parents, but SO excited. Also, we have a huge natural quail population in our five acre yard.

Today one of us found a quail egg, and thought, “what the hell, let’s hatch it too!” Did I mention we are REALLY excited about hatching things? So, we pop it in the incubator, and it’s in there with the rest of our eggs ALL day. Eventually, one of us decided it would be a good idea to candle it, just to see if it’s fertile, how far along it might be, etc. Nothing. It’s too dark to see anything.

Weird. What does that mean?? We ponder this for quite some time.

Are you ready for this? .....it was a chocolate egg. A leftover candy that our kids left behind.

For goodness sake, wish us better luck with the rest of our eggs!

I'm dyin'! Actually, to quote @Kiki, I am dead!

 

[SherryHV]

Oh my!!! That is too funny. Thanks for the chuckle. Best of luck on your real eggs hatching.

 

[Whateverlouie]

It’s okay if you tell them it was me. Yea i can be a bit dingy sometimes.

 

[em_dawson]

How did it not melt? Lol

 

[Infinitydreamer]

How did it not melt? Lol

It was one of those ones that has the hard candy coating on the outside. I guess that’s what saved us a huge mess

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It was one of those ones that has the hard candy coating on the outside. I guess that’s what saved us a huge mess

April Fool's! Oh wait... this is May. Never mind. Thanks for sharing this, it really made my day. I have been laughing about it all day!

 

[em_dawson]

It was one of those ones that has the hard candy coating on the outside. I guess that’s what saved us a huge mess

I'm glad it didn't explode! I would have literally panicked thinking that it had gone terribly rotten before realizing that it was chocolate

 

[Painted Calls]

Hatching fever so strong you're trying to hatch chocolate eggs.

Good luck with the rest of your hatch!!