Why did the chick disappoint his mother ?
He wasn't what he was cracked up to be !
But after all this little guy has been through to enter this world, he deserves to wear a straw basher with a red band, and even do a tap dance, if he is so inclined.
Prior to all this merriment, however, is the reality of being hatched. During the incubation process, a chicken egg has to lose 13 percent of its weight for the baby chick to be able to properly turn in the shell to peck its way out. If the chick is too large or sticky, it cannot position itself at the broad end of the egg to use its egg tooth to tap open the shell. If all goes well, the chick will use this tooth to rip open the egg.
But after all this little guy has been through to enter this world, he deserves to wear a straw basher with a red band, and even do a tap dance, if he is so inclined.
Prior to all this merriment, however, is the reality of being hatched. During the incubation process, a chicken egg has to lose 13 percent of its weight for the baby chick to be able to properly turn in the shell to peck its way out. If the chick is too large or sticky, it cannot position itself at the broad end of the egg to use its egg tooth to tap open the shell. If all goes well, the chick will use this tooth to rip open the egg.
- A baby chick like this one takes two years to grow into an adult. Most chickens could live about eight years if they are not slaughtered for food or do not die from disease or predators. The world's oldest chicken, a magic show bird named Matilda, lived for 16 years.
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