The barley for our bread,
the potato for the cooking pot and the egg for breakfast are more than
our food:
They have the power to develop
and form a new barley plant, a potato
plant, and a chicken.
For developing an egg the
hen needs a cock only.
* On the farm a hen will
build a nest, collect the eggs, and keep them warm and humid under
her body for 21 days.
* Breeding can also take
place in an incubator at a temperature of 38°C.
* Left: If an egg
breaks at the fourth day of breading you will recognize a net of fine
blood vessels. In their center the embryo can be seen. More than half of
it is the head.
* Middle: Usually
the chicken will open the egg at day Nr. 21
(using
its sharp egg tooth on the bill). Behind the bill the first
small feathers can be seen.
* Right: A short
time later the chicken leaves the egg. When the feathers are dry it stands
up.
Do
you want to learn about breeding chicken from eggs at home ?