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New to chickens and not great at science by any means. But stupid question, how did they fertlize the egg in the first place?
I think a rooster fertilized it. Lol. These may have been fertile eggs bought at the grocery store.
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New to chickens and not great at science by any means. But stupid question, how did they fertlize the egg in the first place?
New to chickens and not great at science by any means. But stupid question, how did they fertlize the egg in the first place?
I have a hard time believing that story. Eggs are porus. Chicks absorb oxygen through the shell. They heat sealed the egg in the plastic...how did the embryo get oxygen? Also..i would think with heat in sealed plastic that bacteria would be an issue..i ain't buying it.
So I did a lot of reading on this experience. Out of 24, only one made it all the way to "hatch". Also, this experiment was conducted in a completely sterile science lab, so I'm don't know how it would go in a different environment. People have been conducting similar experiments since the 70s in order to better understand embryo development.
They didn't wear gloves, but did a pre-surgery type scrub of their hands up to their elbows before touching the eggs/opening them into the cupsConsidering it was students doing it, and they didn't wear gloves, that's actually not bad odds. At least I don't think so. I'm sure it's super difficult but it would be something really neat to try.