My hens laid full grown chicks - found when we cracked open eggs

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Greetings from Kansas, cc67, and :welcome! It seems mysterious, all right. But unless the immutable laws of nature were altered by an immaculate conception, followed by a significant Number of days in which the eggs were incubated under a hen, it would not seem possible. :idunno
Best wishes and thanks for joining BYC! :)
 
redsoxs said:
Greetings from Kansas, cc67, and :welcome! It seems mysterious, all right. But unless the immutable laws of nature were altered by an immaculate conception, followed by a significant Number of days in which the eggs were incubated under a hen, it would not seem possible. :idunno
Best wishes and thanks for joining BYC! :)
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Welcome to BYC...has at least one of your hens spent most of her time on the nest, and did you have to reach under a hen to gather the eggs?
 
SueT said:
Welcome to BYC...has at least one of your hens spent most of her time on the nest, and did you have to reach under a hen to gather the eggs? 
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nope they lay them in two the corners of the coop. I go out every day at 5:30pm and there are 9 eggs.
 
G’Day from down under cc67
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Welcome!

So, if I read this right ..

You have had your hens approximately 14 days.
There could have been a rooster at their previous location, so they could still have been laying fertile eggs when you got them.

BUT, you have collected the eggs every day and put them in the fridge with no hens sitting on eggs, yet they have fully developed chicks in them?

WOW .. that is bizarre!

If you find another one, can you take a picture?

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.
 
SueT said:
Could it be possible that someone is playing a joke on you? .........or....that you are playing a joke on us?
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I too was wondering if someone might be playing a joke on the OP [or us] but also wondered who would go to all the trouble of getting nearly fully developed eggs and putting them in the coop; plus the possibility [and may be in this case, reality] of killing them in the process.

Again .. bizarre!
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My curiosity is peaked though and I would love to know if/when an answer is unearthed.
 
Then there's the possibility of....internal incubation?? This actually happens in brood parasitic birds such as cuckoos. Their chicks get a head start before the egg is laid......suppose there is an anomaly in one of the chickens' egg production system>
 

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