Today's a big day for me, too. Long story short, I currently have six baby chickens that just hatched today on my lap as I type this because they wouldn't shut up and I'm their momma.
Expect the unexpected!! Yes they are the German counterparts to Mister and Miss! How'd you know!? X) Did you get any presents!? :D (P.S. I learned it from playing Apollo Justice :p).
It is, actually, in a way. The embryo develops from the yolk. The clear stuff is extra space that's later on absorbed by the baby. The yolk is where the embryo gets all its nutrients and genetic info; in a way, the yolk is the actual reproductive egg. If you did an experiment and sliced open a newly hatched chick, you'd see their stomach is full of extra yolk. They don't have to eat for a few days after they hatch because of this. If you crack open a fertilized egg, you might see a couple of blood vessels all over the yolk. At that point the yolk is just a big, gooey chick...without anything looking like a chick.
I've never hatched chicks, let alone breed chickens; always bought 'em a day old. Not 100 percent sure about the process. TL;DR--Yes, the yolk is actually the chick.
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20 May, 2014, 12:13 am
HAPPY BIRFDAY! oDo
20 May, 2014, 12:24 am
I remember seeing your old one on newest paintings, and I guess I stumbled across it again in the same place.
20 May, 2014, 12:24 am
DUUUDE its been everyone's birthday lately xD i just turned 15 too lol
20 May, 2014, 12:41 am
Happy Birthday! :D nwn
-Victoria
20 May, 2014, 12:42 am
Happy Birthday!
20 May, 2014, 1:26 am
Happy birthday! You're on my level now.
Today's a big day for me, too. Long story short, I currently have six baby chickens that just hatched today on my lap as I type this because they wouldn't shut up and I'm their momma.
They're fuzzy.
20 May, 2014, 2:08 am
Happy Birthday UwU
20 May, 2014, 2:39 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GURLFRIEND!!!!! *O*
hope you had a good time !!!!
20 May, 2014, 3:35 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It's great to see this again!
20 May, 2014, 3:47 am
Made you a birthday drawing!! X)
20 May, 2014, 11:35 pm
Wow, so many kind birthday wishes from all of you! :') Thank you--I wasn't expecting that.
21 May, 2014, 12:08 am
Expect the unexpected!! Yes they are the German counterparts to Mister and Miss! How'd you know!? X) Did you get any presents!? :D (P.S. I learned it from playing Apollo Justice :p).
21 May, 2014, 1:58 am
Omg happy birthdayyy or belated birthdayyyy idk wat day it iiiiiis!
21 May, 2014, 4:29 am
It is, actually, in a way. The embryo develops from the yolk. The clear stuff is extra space that's later on absorbed by the baby.
The yolk is where the embryo gets all its nutrients and genetic info; in a way, the yolk is the actual reproductive egg.
If you did an experiment and sliced open a newly hatched chick, you'd see their stomach is full of extra yolk. They don't have to eat for a few days after they hatch because of this.
If you crack open a fertilized egg, you might see a couple of blood vessels all over the yolk. At that point the yolk is just a big, gooey chick...without anything looking like a chick.
I've never hatched chicks, let alone breed chickens; always bought 'em a day old. Not 100 percent sure about the process.
TL;DR--Yes, the yolk is actually the chick.