What Does the “Watch My Egg” Text Trend Mean?

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Learn how to do this trending TikTok texting challenge

Co-authored by Candace Gasper and Amy Bobinger, BA

Last Updated: September 25, 2025 Fact Checked

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Watch My Egg Explained

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Doing the Challenge

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Challenge Responses

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What’s the point?

“Watch My Egg” is a trending topic right now—but what on earth does it mean? The Watch My Egg challenge is a fun game you can play with your friends and family over text. We have everything you need to know about this silly trend, including what it is, how to do it, and the reactions you might get. Then, you’ll be all set to try it on your own!

How do you do “Watch My Egg”?

Ask a friend if they’ll watch your egg and drop an 🥚 emoji in the chat.
Use 🐣 and 🐥 to show that the egg hatched.
Show a wolf getting closer to the chick (🐺…..🐥) (🐺…🐥)
Decide whether the chick survives based on your friend’s reactions.

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What is the “Watch My Egg” text trend?

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“Watch My Egg” is a texting trend where people ask friends to watch an egg emoji. It’s a silly role-playing trend designed to provoke hilarious responses from the unsuspecting other party, and it’s going viral on TikTok and Instagram. After the initial egg-change (sorry, not sorry), the egg (🥚) hatches into a chick (🐣) and is pursued by a wolf (🐺). This usually prompts the other person to try to save the chick.^{[1]
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- The trend has its roots in today’s absurdist online culture—it doesn’t really make sense, and that’s the whole point.
- People often screen-record the responses and post them to social media, like in this video from TikToker @brandyarnold68 or this one from @tkellyy98.
- No one is really sure how the Watch My Egg trend got started, but the texting trend went viral in September 2025.

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How to Do the “Watch My Egg” Challenge

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Pretend to leave the other person with your egg. If you want to try the “Watch My Egg” trend yourself, start by asking the other person if they’ll do you a favor. If they say yes, here’s what to do next:
- Say, “Will you watch my egg?”
- Drop an egg emoji 🥚 in the chat.
  - If they question you, say something like, “Just watch my egg for me, I’ll be right back.” Don’t directly respond to anything else they say.
- After a few moments, send this hatching egg emoji: 🐣
- Follow up with a chick: 🐥
- Wait another few moments, then use emojis to show a wolf approaching the chick, like this:
  - 🐺..........🐥
  - 🐺….🐥
  - 🐺…🐥
  - 🐺🐥
- Use emojis or gifs to show whether the chick got away from the wolf, like 👻 or 🍗.
  - Most of the time, the chick gets eaten, but if you feel like your friend went above and beyond to save the chick, you can let it live, like in this video.
- Say “I’m back, where’s my egg?”
  - From here, let the conversation flow naturally—pretend to be upset for a few minutes if your chick didn’t make it, or congratulate your friend for saving your chick if they fought off the wolf.

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How do people respond to “Watch My Egg?”

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Responses range from enthusiastic to unimpressed. The responses to “Watch My Egg” are always unique and almost always hilarious. Here are some of the most common ways people react—can you anticipate the responses you’ll get?^{[2]
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- Some people immediately jump into the game—they’re instantly in babysitter mode, and they’re willing to go to great lengths (🔫💣🔪💥🧨) to fight off the wolf.
- Some people are full of questions, wanting to know why you have an egg and what they’re supposed to do with it.
- Others are bewildered, reluctantly following along as the story unfolds.
- Some people will just say “No” instantly if you ask them to watch their egg or otherwise not engage with the game.

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What’s the point of the Watch My Egg challenge?

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It’s a way to have fun and get to know someone better. The Watch My Egg trend is, above all, a silly break from reality. It’s a playful, lighthearted texting game that gives you a chance to connect with someone else. And you might just learn a little more about the other person in the process—like whether they have the same sense of humor as you!^{[3]
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- That said, don’t read too much into it. If someone doesn’t participate in the game, it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t like fun—it could mean they were busy or feeling stressed at that moment.