Two Chicks at Once! High Schooler Marvels at Luck, "Gift from God"

by Nicholas Bailey
Senior Editor & Farm Correspondent

CHASKA, MN – Some days are just ordinary days; others contain miracles. In what he later described as a "total gift from God," Chaska High School senior, Kevin Bartlett, experienced what few have experienced: two baby chicks hatching out of one egg. He witnessed the birth Monday during his early morning chores, which he performs every day before heading to school.

      "Yeah, sometimes it's hard to get up and do them," said Bartlett.  "But I need to help out my family, we're farmers, you know, and I like it.  And every once in a while you get a totally cool, freak occurrence like this."

      Actually, this freak occurrence has happened to the Bartlett farm twice before, the first time being seven years ago and the second just last year.  Two chicks hatching from one egg usually indicates two yolks.  Typically one yolk out competes that other and only one chick is hatched, ad in many instance both die before they hatch.

      Kevin realized how lucky he was.  "Just once is a rarity, so the fact that we got three is really cool."  He banged twins later that night.