Woman Returns From Holiday to Find 70 Chicks Hatched From Store-Bought Eggs

Woman returns from holiday to find 70 chicks hatched from store-bought eggs

A woman in Qingdao, China, came home from a short holiday to discover that 70 chicks had hatched from 90 eggs she had purchased from a local store. The eggs, which were left in the kitchen while she was away, were unintentionally incubated due to high temperatures during a heatwave. Without refrigeration, the warm environment provided the ideal conditions for fertilized eggs to hatch. Most eggs sold in stores are unfertilized, but in this case, …