Yes. It is a rare occurrence. When two chicks hatch from the same egg, the egg usually has two yolks. Usually, one embryo out competes the other and only one chick survives to hatch.
They are created when two yolks are ovulated within a couple of hours of each other, like twins, so they end up travelling through the oviduct together. If both the ovum in the yolk are fertilised, they can both become viable (if a bit squashy) chicks.
A hen lays only one egg every day or two. She does not start to incubate them until the whole clutch is laid. This way all the chicks will hatch at the same time. Any eggs that have not hatched by then will be left behind when she takes the chicks for their first walk.
Generally speaking you will NOT want to intervene in the hatching process when incubating fertile eggs. If conditions in the incubator are right, it can take 24 hours for a chick to escape the egg after it has pipped, and that's perfectly natural and not a cause for concern.
By themselves, double yolks are fairly rare – you might find them in 1 of every 1,000 eggs. These eggs typically come from our younger hens who are still learning how to lay eggs. As you might expect, double yolked egg shells tend to be pretty big.
Double-yolk eggs are a byproduct of rapid ovulation. That means two yolks are released in quick succession into a hen's oviduct (aka Fallopian tube) and end up in the same shell. Typically, yolks are released about an hour apart, but hormonal changes or a hyperactive ovary will cause double releases.
The deaths can be produced from too much humidity during the entire incubation period or from too little humidity during the hatching period. The chick eventually dies. If the membranes around the shell opening appear dried and shrunken, the cause is probably low humidity during hatching.
It is usually 21 days. Smaller breeds of chickens may hatch a little early and larger breeds may hatch a little later. But on average it is 21 days.
However, this is very much a 'rule of thumb'. Sometimes it takes longer and sometimes shorter times. I've had a hatch as late as day 25 (as in the image below). See here for more information about early birds and here for late.
You can tell the chick is having trouble if it gets stuck for several hours in the MIDDLE of the unzipping stage, either pointlessly banging its beak against the hole without making further openings in the shell or mostly unzipped but unable to kick free.
You'll be able to tell when it died depending on whether there is still yolk in the egg, or if it has been fully absorbed into the body (as it will be when the chick starts pipping). In the last two days of incubation, the chick turns its head, so it's pointing towards the air cell at the top of the egg.
You can get a double-yolk when the ovary is too 'enthusiastic'. The ovary produces one yolk, and instead of waiting for the normal period of one day, it quickly produces another yolk. The two yolks then move together through the rest of the process, and get laid as a single egg—with two yolks inside.
The chick can drown in the water remaining in the shell at hatching. A dried coating around the chick's nostrils and beak indicates that drowning was likely.
The chick breathes air for the first time, and you may hear the chick peeping inside the egg. This is called pipping. Then it pecks a circle around the end of the egg.
Baby birds chirp loudly while they're still inside the egg. That means you can hear them clearly even when they have not yet hatched. Once you can hear them, that means they'll hatch anytime soon!
When we measured an egg's metabolic rate during daylight it averaged 1.5 times higher (the amount varied with age) than when we measured it at night. That means embryos inside eggs grew faster when it was light outside than when it was dark—even though the temperature was kept exactly the same.
Can you open incubator during hatching? You should not open the incubator during lock-down when the eggs are pipping and hatching as it will cause the membranes to shrink and trap the chick.
You can tell the chick is having trouble if it gets stuck for several hours in the MIDDLE of the unzipping stage, either pointlessly banging its beak against the hole without making further openings in the shell or mostly unzipped but unable to kick free.
The embryos exposed to more daylight hatched about 1 day faster than embryos in other eggs: they had photoaccelerated. That means embryos inside eggs grew faster when it was light outside than when it was dark—even though the temperature was kept exactly the same.
Incubator is an electric device which is use to give a maintained temperature and humidity along with aerations to hatch eggs. Incubator act as broody hens which sits on the eggs and provide its body heat for chick hatching. An incubator was designed with the 80-watt light bulb.
Another reason for mortality during hatching is improper humidity adjustment. The deaths can be produced from too much humidity during the entire incubation period or from too little humidity during the hatching period. The chick eventually dies.
Pullets – hens less than a year old – begin laying at about 16 weeks, but their first eggs will be considerably smaller than an ordinary large egg.
Internal pipping cannot be seen from the outside of the egg, but it can be detected by candling an individual egg with a torch. Furthermore, the embryo may have started clicking or peeping – in this way embryos can even communicate with each other while still inside the egg.
Chicks will typically hatch at day 21. If the fertilized eggs were cooled prior to incubation, the process might take a little longer. If you are at day 21 with no hatch, give the eggs a few more days. When the big day comes, let the chick hatch on its own.
Double yolks are fairly rare – you might find them in 1 of every 1,000 eggs. These eggs typically come from our younger hens who are still just learning how to lay eggs. Double-yolked eggs also tend to be very large. They are usually graded 'Super Jumbo.
Can you open incubator during hatching? You should not open the incubator during lock-down when the eggs are pipping and hatching as it will cause the membranes to shrink and trap the chick.
Newly hatched chicks may not need to eat or drink for at least 24 hours. One of the last things the chick does inside the egg is absorb the remaining yolk sac, which provides nourishment the first few days after hatching. Baby chicks can remain in the incubator for up to 24 hours without food because of this.
During hatching the humidity should be at least 60% RH, and in order to keep the humidity stable it is recommended to keep the lid on the incubator at all times. If the lid is lifted after a chick has hatched the humidity will immediately drop which could cause other chicks to become shrink wrapped.
Can you open incubator during hatching? You should not open the incubator during lock-down when the eggs are pipping and hatching as it will cause the membranes to shrink and trap the chick.
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