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An egg is a biological structure intended for reproduction. It protects and provides a complete diet for the developing embryo, and serves as the principal source of food for the first few days of a chick's life.
The yolk is centered in the albumen (white part) surrounded by the colorless vitelline membrane. On opposite sides of the yolk are two, twisted, whitish cord-like objects known as chalazae. Their function is to support the yolk in the very center of the albumen. Chalaza varies in size and density, the fresher the egg the more obvious the chalaza but it does not affect either cooking or nutritional value. The germinal disc, where fertilization takes place, is attached to the yolk and is not usually detectable by the human eye it is so small. A largest portion of the albumen, closest to the yolk is thick , the outer edge is thin. Surrounding the albumen are two shell membranes. The inner and outer membranes and then the shell itself. The shell contains several thousand pores that permit the egg to "breathe." White and brown eggs are white on the inside however the Araucana egg shows its distinctive color both inside and out.
An average-sized egg weighs approximately 57 grams or 2 ounces. Of this total weight, the shell constitutes 11 percent; the white, 58 percent; and the yolk, 31 percent. Normally, these proportions do not vary appreciably for either small or large eggs.
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How does a chicken fertilize there aggs?
For this you have to have a male chicken called a cock and he will fertilise the egg by having sex with the hen
How are chicks made?
Chicks are typically produced through the fertilization of a hen's egg by a rooster. During mating, the rooster transfers sperm into the hen's reproductive tract, which then fertilizes the egg. The fertilized egg is then laid by the hen and incubated until the chick hatches.
What is a cackleberry?
A cackleberry is a slang term for an egg, from the resemblance of an egg to a fruit, and the sound of the hen which laid it.
Why is a shell not forming around a hen's egg?
You might need to supplement your chickens with oyster shell. I have one chicken I keep separate from the others I have to supplement because I give her treats. she needs the shell to help digest and to form the shell on egg.
Where does the chickens egg drop from?
The egg a chicken lays leaves the chicken via the Vent. This is located at the back of the hen just under the tail. It is also the opening for the chicken to expel waste products. See the link I have provided for more detail.
How do you use hen in a sentence?
The hen laid an egg
Who came first an egg or a hen?
No one really knows. The egg had to be laid by something (hen), but the hen had to be hatched from something (egg.
Who came first egg or an hen?
No one really knows. The egg had to be laid by something (hen), but the hen had to be hatched from something (egg.
Where did you came from hen or egg?
the egg because an weird dinosour laid an egg to a baby hen and they lived happely ever after
Who born first hen or egg?
It could be both if the hen was born first who made the hen (don't say Jesus!) if it was the egg who laid the egg
Our prize egg-laying hen hasn't (lain, laid, lained) an egg all week?
laid
My hen laid her life's 1st egg yesterdayAgain when she will lay her 2nd egg?
It all depends on the hen herself.
What is the past tense of lay?
The past tense of lay can be laid, or just lay. For example, yesterday the hen laid an egg. However, we do not say that we "laid on the bed", but that we "lay on the bed".The present perfect tense can be "has lain" or "has laid", e.g. "He has lain on that couch, doing nothing, for days" or "Your pet hen has laid an egg on the couch".
Why does the eggs we buy from shops doesn't hatch into eggs?
Because the Hen who laid the egg didn't have sex (no abuse, just the answer to the question) with a Rooster before she laid the egg, so it was not fertilised
My hen laid her egg in the wrong place?
There are many reasons she would do this. Most likely there was another hen on the nest when she wanted to lay the egg and she just went elsewhere. It happens all the time.
Which came first the hen or the eggs?
The egg came first as the female bird which laid it might not neccessarily have been a hen, the hen which hatched from the egg could have been the result of cross breeding.
Did the hen come first or hen's egg?
The egg, obviously. This is evident because early dinosaurs laid eggs, while MILLIONS of years later, a type of dinosaur evolved into the hen. There also will have been insects and reptiles a long time before the hen evolved, and those laid eggs also. I believe that this is solid proof that the egg came before the hen.
