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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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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.
How do you help an egg bound hen?
By locking the hen up. the hen can bound to its egg I dont think locking them up will help at all. just scare the life out of them. You can not help a egg bound hen, we have had 5 and unfortanatly all 5 have died. You can't really even see it coming or happening. You can help an egg bound hen. There are many different methods. try steaming its bottom but be careful not to burn it.
What do chickens give us?
hen gives us egg
Why the hen's egg does not break when elephant stamps on it?
If an elephant stomps on a hen's egg, the egg will break. The elephant weighs to much not to break the egg.
Where do hens lay eggs when they first start laying?
generally, for the first few times, the egg will be laid in random places, then as they get into a routine, the hen will lay in the nesting box
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.
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.
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.
