A Woman Hatched An Egg Instead of Eating It And Now They’re Best Friends

You know how most eggs you eat are unfertilized, so they don’t contain a baby bird? Balut, which is a delicacy is some countries, is a bird embryo that you boil and eat from the shell. But one woman, instead of eating her balut, got a surprise.

Because when a restaurant egg hatches a live duck, you may not get the meal you want. But at least you’ll have a new best friend…

Two Little Eggs

Have you ever heard of balut? It’s a traditional meal from the Philippines that involves eating a partially-developed duck fetus. To make the meal, restaurants need to stock lots of fertilized eggs, and this is where our story starts.

Making a New Friend

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On a whim, Erica Lim decided to purchase a pair of uncooked balut eggs from a restaurant in Puchong in Malaysia. She took them home, created a makeshift incubator, and grew her own pets.

The Hatching Begins

Before long, it seemed that Lim’s plan was working. A tiny little beak began poking out of one of the eggs.

A Tough Ordeal

Daisy the duck pushed her way further out of her shell. Sadly, her sibling didn’t survive the difficult hatching process.