Carrots are slow germinators, so it's quite possible. Chives should be more noticeable.

Some seed packets print a sketch of the newly-emerged seedling for identification purpose. Very useful.

Have you had a ton of rain that may have washed the seeds out of place, or has an animal been digging in the garden to do the same? If not, your rows of seeds are probably right where they should be and just not germinated yet. As ltilton said, carrots are slow to germinate, so I'm guessing all the stuff that's out of place are weeds and you can cultivate or pull them. If it were me, I'd assume anything not in the rows were weeds and act accordingly.

And if it makes you feel any better, I once planted a whole bed of soybeans in a nice, neat pattern, so when plants grew in that pattern, I happily tended them. I thought the seedlings looked unusual compared to other beans, but it was my first year trying them, so i just shrugged it off. Well, as they got bigger, I realized that I'd actually been carefully tending volunteer melon seeds that had sprouted nice and evenly from the compost I'd spread on the bed. ;) After laughing at myself, I did get let a couple melons grow, out of curiosity, and got a few to eat. But I never did get any of the soybeans I wanted since I'd probably weeded them all out. :D

I feel for you :( See if you can find an experience gardener to help you identify the weeds so you can get rid of them. Do NOT be afraid or embarrassed - we were all new @ one time!!

My 1st attempt at growing from seed - 20+ years ago - did not go so well. I planted zinnia seeds all around my mailbox. When they came up I babied them and loved them & waited on them to bloom. One day I proudly showed them to my mother-in-law (an experienced gardener). She smiled and gently told me they were weeds -- not ONE single zinnia in the bunch!! Good times, good times .... LOL

Here are some pictures of carrot seedlings at various stages that might help. You may just have to wait a bit until they develop a bit more to tell for sure.

Here are chive seedlings.

Hope this helps.

Dave

We had a very cold spring over here and things have only just started growing. Hence the weed explosion. Nothing has yet germinated on my allotment and I didn't even bother to sow anything until last week.

Assuming you marked each end of your rows with sticks or markers of some kind, you could just remove any plants growing either side of, say an 8 inch strip along the row and leave the rest. Then your rows would be defined and once any seedlings start to appear you can begin to id them.

Germination is generally slow still due to the chilly start so you need to wait at least 2 weeks before expecting to see anything, maybe even longer.

Lastly, allotmenteers are usually friendly people, so ask for help from your neighbours.