The cutest one is the little chick perched on his back. ... Baby Chicks Grow Fast! ... “Once the egg has been laid it will take approximately 21 days until it hatches into a fully developed chick.

One Trader Joe’s customer did the unexpected with her carton of fertilized eggs and decided to incubate the eggs, leading to eight baby chicks hatching three weeks later.

There's a run on baby chicks. High egg prices have prompted people to rely less on the grocery stores and instead be more self-sufficient by raising chickens to lay their own eggs at home.

Baby chicks take about 18 to 22 weeks to mature enough to start laying eggs. Dominick Reuter/Business Insider 2025-04-27T09:22:01Z ...