People ask me all the time how long it takes for an egg to hatch out here at Princess Flock in Kissimmee. The answer is exactly 21 days — three short weeks — and what happens inside that shell is nothing short of incredible. I never get tired of watching it, and I never get tired of telling folks about it.

Every egg that leaves our farm started the same way, as a tiny little life tucked inside a shell. So today, I want to walk you through those 21 days, day by day, the way I see them out here on the farm.

Day by day inside the egg

Day 1-2: It all starts fast. The embryo begins to grow, and by day 2, that tiny heart is already beating. Think about that — a heart the size of a pinhead, beating away inside an egg you could hold in the palm of your hand.

Day 7: By the end of the first week, you can start to see real shape taking form. The eyes and legs are forming, and that little chick is starting to look like a chick.

Day 14: Two weeks in, the chick is covered in soft down — those first fluffy feathers. It is growing fast now, filling up more and more of the space inside the shell.

Day 18: Now comes the big move. The chick turns itself into hatching position, head tucked under its wing, ready for the hard work ahead.

Day 21: Hatch day! The chick cracks the shell from the inside — peck by peck, with a tiny little egg tooth — until it breaks free. And just like that, a baby chick is born. Wet, wobbly, tired, and perfect. There is nothing quite like holding one of those little ones in your hand for the very first time.

But the journey is not over yet

Here is the part a lot of folks do not realize: that little chick still has a long way to go before she lays an egg of her own. A female chick needs 4 to 5 more months before she lays her first egg.

That is why our 20-count Medium Brown Eggs are so special to me. They come from young hens — pullets — and they are the first eggs of a young hen's life. Those first eggs are a milestone, the start of a hen's laying life, and I think you can taste the care that went into raising her. Every one of those eggs started as a 21-day miracle, just like the one I described above.

Come see us at the farm

If you would like to taste the difference for yourself, I would love to see you at the farm. We do farm pickup on Saturday from 9am to 12pm at 2527 Princess Way, Kissimmee. Please order online in advance — we do not take walk-ins, so your order will be ready and waiting for you when you pull up.

Prefer to stay home? We also offer home delivery across Kissimmee & Orlando.

Our best seller is 2 flats (60 eggs) for $30, and you can order right now at princessflock.com. I hope you will give them a try — and the next time you crack one open, you will know exactly the journey that little egg took to get to your kitchen.

Thank you for following along,

Wagner Krohling,

Local farmer

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