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From Egg to Chick (The Hatching Process) // pics

boredstop.com — These pictures give a detailed look into what happens during the hatching process. Warning: These pictures might be a tad graphic for some people.

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  • UtahApocalyse, on 10/11/2007, -1/+66does it look like they egg is sitting in a frying pan to anyone else?
  • Cloned, on 10/11/2007, -1/+42How did they get it to develop without the shell?
  • theholotrope, on 10/11/2007, -3/+41Ive eaten eggs every morning for years now...

    Im sorry!!!
  • joerod, on 10/11/2007, -2/+33what came first?
  • Dradis, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Wow do I ever not want to eat eggs now.
  • Tamriel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25I always thought it was the rooster.
  • converge, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24They must have sacrificed 18 chicken eggs.
  • MadTom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24So how the hell do they come out dry and with fur? I think you missed a few steps..
  • G001, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24Feel free to digg me down for giving a serious answer to a stupid question, but...

    The egg came first.

    At some point in evolution there was a chicken precursor whose offspring had the final mutation necessary for us to consider it a chicken. This mutation was almost certainly something other than the ability to lay eggs, because eggs have been around since the dinosaurs. It's very unlikely a chicken precursor gave live birth to a chicken that could lay eggs. Rather, it's very likely a chicken precursor laid an egg with a chicken inside it. Ergo, the egg came first.

    So there.
  • JDoorjam, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22It was an egg yolk, and then an egg yolk with a little purple dot, and then I threw up a little in my mouth, and then, aawww, a cute little chick!
  • glasgowm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21I cracked a egg once and hundreds of blood came out of it... I live in the UK though and our eggs are brown :D
  • slayerab, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21Isn't this a birth process?
  • tizz66, on 10/11/2007, -3/+22Don't worry, 99.9% of eggs you eat at breakfast are unfertilized, so they aren't unhatched baby chicks in there, just the yolk. A hen lays eggs anyway. In effect, you're eating a hens period.

    Sorry, did I just make it worse?
  • lolcat77, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Lol, but they don't (usually) come fertilized from the grocery store
  • tomgibbons, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Dugg for 'hundreds of blood' :D
  • veganoob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14that was cool, but the dog with the porcupine quills in it is a lot funnier if you click "next" at the bottom.
  • deeter, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16@Cloned
    These photo are not of the same egg. Once you crack an egg, it's dead. They opened up and photographed different eggs at different stages.

    @Dradis others feeling disgusted about eating eggs
    The eggs we eat are not fertilized! Eggs from grocery stores will NOT hatch into chicks. A hen will lay eggs whether it has mated or not.
    If hen has been knocked up by a rooster, she will lay fertilized eggs which will hatch into chicken. If there's is no rooster, hen will still lay unfertilized eggs.
  • glasgowm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I'm assuming they took 17 fertilized eggs and cracked them at different time frames. This is obvious as the yoke in #5 has leaked upon cracking, but is fine in #6 onwards
  • RobMackenzie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11"I was at a restaurant, and I ordered a chicken sandwich, but I don't think the waitress understood me. She asked me, "How would you like your eggs?" I thought I would answer her anyway and said, "Incubated! And then raised, plucked, beheaded, cut up, put onto a grill, and then put onto a bun. Damn! I don't have that much time! Scrambled!" -Mitch Hedberg
  • mdamisch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9You don't know of the auto-dry cycle inside the egg?
  • TheFourthDay, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11i still prefer them scrambled.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I would like to eat picture #14...eggs AND chicken!
  • Krovvy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10They should show the video of chickens being hatched in mass, it's disturbing. After watching it I almost couldn't eat chicken, but then I realized I really loved eating chicken...

    Anyway, it looked super cruel... :|
  • trogdoor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Not your comment.
  • addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -0/+8http://duggmirror.com/general_sciences/From_Egg_to_Chick_The_Hatching_Process_pics/
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8well...his digg username is hilton and he dugg this story "Paris Hilton Has ADD"....you may well be right
  • themulf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8What does being 15 have to do with anything?
  • trogdoor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8http://www.snorgtees.com/images/WhichCameFirst_Fullpic_1.gif
  • Dokument, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10jesus
  • Cracken, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I'm quite sure the eggs you've bought and eaten were not fertilized. Continue to chow down. :)

    On a side note, the warning about the pictures being graphic is laughable. Saw the same thing in 6th grade science books.
  • seventoes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Chicken is tastey.
  • luthercorrigan, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Oh my god... he said the 'E' word.
    Must be gay - or a liberal. Maybe even both!
  • ChupaCadabra, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7This is only "graphic" to those so sheltered that they have no idea how life works.
  • steveoco, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7GO CHICKEN FETUS!!! GO!!!
  • acdcfanbill, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5obviously they bread a species of chicken with transparent eggs!
  • Disease, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6LOL

    Meat ftw
  • krusher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5For those who ask how the chick could develop outside the egg: The pics were made breaking the eggs at different stages. A shame, IMHO.
  • Munceenuts, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Yum.
  • molsen311, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5phylogenetic evolution recapitulates in ontogenetic development. so, in a way, you are seeing evolution when you watch an embryo develop. same goes for most other animals, including humans
  • oneblackcitizen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4check this out:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut

    http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=119919
  • seventoes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Can anyone translate "hundreds of blood"? I cant even figure out what hes trying to say...
  • 2point71, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4hear hear! i've always gone with the 'reptiles lay eggs. dinos are reptiles. eggs first.' theory... everyone else doesn't agree... you rock.
  • blaze4metal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Exactly. It all boils down to evolution/creationism in the end.
  • lastmanfx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Chicks can grow without a shell. It just has to be the proper environment for it to grow. At the university I attended, we grew shell-less chicks in a clear plastic covered with plastic wrap and a petri dish. The chick will grow all the way to right before its supposed to hatch and then dies. A brutal fate for research I'd say. So you can actually monitor the chicks growth progress over the long period pending it doesn't get contaminated. In the case for these photos, those are 17 different eggs.
    I have more info on the shell-less chick if anyone is interested.
  • ryanjensen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3How could a chicken appear from nowhere?
  • sheepsheeplamb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3That was not funny at all :(
  • Jist, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Delicious, every step of the way!
  • seventoes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Does that mean that 0.1% of the eggs ive eaten have been fertilized? *choke*
  • 2point71, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2eggs... eggs... i just ate.. oh ddear.
  • anemeli, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@earthceltic and everyone who wants to give up their omellettes:
    An omelette is NOT a chicken embryo scramble. No chick would ever be produced from those eggs because they're NOT fertilized. None of the eggs we get at stores are.

    I'm not disputing animal cruelty in the industry, but let's not confuse ourselves.
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