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Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 5:13 pm Post subject:
Amazing biological fact: Chicks can "cheep" whilst still inside the egg!!.....I was advised to listen to eggs to hear the tapping as they try to emerge. This one was making tiny cheeping noises!.....How does that work then?...How can they have air in their lungs before hatching?....Are the shells gas permeable?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 5:25 pm Post subject:
There is an air space inside the shell. The walls of the shell are permeable to air - which is why the air space gets bigger as the egg gets older, and why old eggs float when you put them in water. If any of the eggs aren't cheeping by now, watch out. They might be exploders .

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 5:33 pm Post subject:
! I have a few which are not cheeping. I'll candle them tonight. Are exploders a problem?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 5:45 pm Post subject:
It means that the contents have addled. The pressure builds up inside the egg and it is likely to explode at the slightest tap - spraying rotten egg over a surprisingly large area. Not what you want to happen when you have guests arriving in half an hour, which is what happened to me last year!

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 6:43 pm Post subject:
And boy does it stink

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 8:05 pm Post subject:
Two hatched now, two, I think, to go. Barnevelder mums and Maranne dad. Black on top with white bellies, bless them!

Guest

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 10:09 pm Post subject:
What are you going to call them?

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 05 10:44 pm Post subject:
My chix!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 05 8:33 am Post subject:
Any more hatched out?

Riverflow

Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Posts: 22
Location: Deepest Darkest Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 05 11:27 am Post subject:
Nice one, Lloyd! Just make sure they can't get through the fence to the cat and dogs! Pics would be good when they start running around! As for names, how about Kiev, Korma, Roast and In-Black-Bean-Sauce? Col

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 05 1:34 pm Post subject: Chix pix
Here's one, mate.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 05 1:39 pm Post subject:
Great picture

moogie

Joined: 02 Feb 2005
Posts: 525
Location: Near Bridgend

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 05 1:56 pm Post subject:
Yes, thats a smashing pic! Are chickens colour blind? Or do they see the red as we do?

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