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No. Inside the hen there is an ovary and an oviduct. The ovary is an organ which looks like a cluster of grapes. These clusters are called follicles. These Follicles are called egg yolks once the egg is laid by the hen. They are stored in the ovary until one day when they begin to grow. The follicles ovulate or burst from the ovary. Once ovulated, the follicle travels down a long tube called the oviduct. The egg makes its journey to the outside world by moving through the oviduct. In the oviduct, the albumen or egg white is made. The albumen is formed over the follicle or egg yolk. That is why the yolk is always in the center of the egg. Also, two shell membranes and the shell are formed. When the hen lays an egg, the egg passes out the end of the oviduct and this is called the vent. It leaves the hen's body via this opening. It takes from 24 to 26 hours for the egg to be laid. Even the best hen cannot lay more that one egg a day.

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Some people consider the shell gland to be a uterus.

I take advanced animal science at my high school and own chickens. Im pretty positive they do have a uterus, which is also called the shell gland.

(Google it friends!)

I also disagree with the previous writer who talked about why the yolk is always in the center. Its in the center because of the chalaza. The chalaza helps the egg stay in place and helps prevent the yolk from being damaged.

(google chalaza, or egg diagrams!)

For more information about the chicken digestive track i suggest you google and look at multiple resources. The most useful are ones that are .org :)

If youre looking for the whole process of how the egg is formed inside of a chicken for a project for school, i suggest not using the information above because I dont know about y'all, but it doesnt look accurate to me.

I do not mean to sound rude to whoever wrote that answer at all. Maybe im just a dumb crazy chicken chick haha.

xoxoxo -Heyley :)

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