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How a Hen Builds an Egg in 25 Hours
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One egg takes a hen about 25 hours, mostly spent building the shell. We follow a parcel through a packing-depot version of the oviduct: yolk, white, membranes, shell, and a hen that pays with her bones.
8:16English
8:19Thai
9sources
SHORTA yolk grows 5x in under 2 weeks
SHORTA hen pays for eggs with her bones
- 0:00Breakfast Mystery
- 1:11Making The Gift
- 2:38The Packing Depot
- 4:21The Box Workshop
- 5:51Out The Door
- 7:10Back To Breakfast
Sources
Where the numbers come from
- https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/VM013
- https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/VM047
- https://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/livestock/poultry/contents-chicken-egg
- https://layinghens.hendrix-genetics.com/en/articles/egg-day-oviposition-explained/
- https://livestock.extension.wisc.edu/articles/life-cycle-of-a-laying-hen/
- https://poultry.extension.org/articles/poultry-anatomy/avian-reproductive-female/
- https://poultry.extension.org/articles/poultry-related-youth-programs/how-does-a-hen-make-an-egg/
- https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/factors-influencing-shell-quality
- https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/egg-quality-handbook/2/formation-of-the-egg