Egg with no shell hatched!

[clucknquack]

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.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

New to chickens and not great at science by any means. But stupid question, how did they fertlize the egg in the first place?

Same way it happens all the time...rooster mates with hen and fertilizes eggs.

 

[abraga]

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.

 

[Impatient]

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.

 

[clucknquack]

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.

They poked air holes. I'm sure bacteria is certainly an issue. But it seems this isn't the first time this has been done. Still neat!

 

[clucknquack]

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.

Considering 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.

 

[kodipilla]

remember its a plastic cover and adding heat while incubation. This is not at all a good option for human chickens.

 

[abraga]

Embryos also Absorb particular nutrients from the shell like magnesium and calcium that are crucial for development. Eggs have a protective coating " bloom" on the outside and inside. Putting an egg in plastic..i don't care how sterile...introduces bacteria they poked tiny holes..egg would dry out and rot! Sorry to be pessimistic...i think that's just pooey!

 

[clucknquack]

So afte more research, I discovered they do put a vitamin cocktail into the plastic wrap before they crack the egg into it. They also put some sort of antifungal / antibacterial concoction in the bottom of the cup. The air holes are in the sides of the plastic wrap and the air exchange happens from the cup, which assumably helps with the antibacterial antifungal properties. They also pump oxygen into the incubators to help with air Exchange as the holes aren't really big enough to do it at normal oxygen levels. It's still really neat thought though.

 

[Impatient]

Considering 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.

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 cups