20,000 chicken eggs were removed from stores and dumped at the city landfill, but after three months something unexpected happened

One spring, an apparently ordinary event unfolded in the city: a health inspection led to the removal of roughly 20,000 chicken eggs from local retailers.

Most of the eggs were deemed unsuitable for sale, being expired, cracked, or dirty. They were taken to the city landfill, a site secured with barbed wire.

Trucks dumped the egg cartons alongside regular trash. Over the next few days, rain soaked the boxes, birds pecked at them, and many cartons disintegrated among the debris.

Residents soon forgot the incident, assuming the eggs were lost forever. But three months later, something surprising happened.

One morning, the landfill caretaker noticed that the crows were avoiding the usual organic trash pile. Curious, he approached—and froze in shock.

Amid the rubbish, thousands of tiny yellow chicks scurried over rotten potatoes and empty containers. They were squeaky, lively, and everywhere: between tires, behind bottles, and in cracks of old furniture. How had they survived, hatched without heat, a hen, or care?

Word of the “miracle” spread quickly. Scientists were baffled, as the landfill provided no conditions for hatching. Locals began calling them “chicks from nowhere,” and many were adopted by city residents. Though authorities could not explain it, the inhabitants recognized these chicks as more than ordinary animals—a tiny wonder born from the rubbish.