We put ten eggs in an incubator and people bet on which would hatch first!
It was called Eggycam and took place between the 18th July and 8th August 2008. Farmer Duncan from the Amazing Egg Company provided us with ten of his finest eggs, which we carefully placed in a special incubator.
The incubator was kept at a humid and balmy 37 degrees Celsius, and had a platform that rotated the eggs (an odd number of times a day) mimicking what a mother hen would normally do. We then put a webcam focused on the incubator and people could watch it 24 hours a day!
The world’s press picked up the story one week in to eggycam, the story featured across the globe from Ireland to Italy to India. Thousands of people flocked here to watch the little chickens hatch out of their eggs.
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The chickens returned to Duncan’s farm (you can see a video of his farm on the video’s page) and they’ve been tagged so we can see which ones they are when we go down to visit (and race them.)
Recent Blog Posts
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Eggycam Over Easy! - Sat 9th August 2008
Well after 22 amazing days, Eggycam is finally over. This morning farmer Duncan came in and unfortunately established the sad news that eggs 7 and 8 were fully formed, but around the wrong way and had died in their shells. Awh. The good news is the other new born chicks are all full of life and had their first drink and snack just a little while ago. Check out the chicks over the weekend! Thanks for watching!
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Only 7 & 8 to go! - Fri 8th August 2008
Four of our little babies are now hatched and seem perfectly healthy! Yeay! We'll have betting up soon on which is the last egg to hatch. Later on today, or maybe tomorrow, we'll move them all to their new home which has sawdust and food in it! Yeay!
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Our eggsperts in the field
Duncan & Sally's Farm
All the eggs used in Eggycam come from Duncan & Sally's Farm in County Wicklow, Ireland. They breed rare species and have over 200 birds onsite, a donkey Casper and a pig called Pig. When our eggs eventually hatch they're returned to the comfy confines of the farm.
Life cycle
Eggs are really incredible. In 21 days they tranforms from fry-able egg to an ickle chicken. In short video, Duncan the farmer runs throught the various life stages for a chicken and egg, from breeding pen to the field.
The Amazing Egg Company normally provides incubators containing eggs about to hatch to school’s through-out Ireland. Call Farmer Duncan for a chat on +353 (0)86 193 4255.
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Yoke of the Day!
Why did the chick disappoint his mother ?
He wasn't what he was cracked up to be
