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Before the Laying of the Egg
Fertilization, division and growth of living cells.
First Day of Incubation
16th hour..................First sign of resemblence of and embryo
18th hour..................Appearance of alimentary tract
20th hour..................Appearance of vertebral column
21st hour..................Begin formation of nervous system
22nd hour..................Begin formation of head
23rd hour..................Appearance of blood islands-vitelline circulation
24th hour..................Begin formation of the eye
Second Day of Incubation
25th hour..................Begin formation of heart
35th hour..................Begin formation of ears
42nd hour..................Heart begins to beat
Third Day of Incubation
50th hour..................Begin formation of amnion
60th hour..................Begin formation of nose
62nd hour..................Begin formation of legs
64th hour..................Begin formation of wings
70th hour..................Begin formation of allantois
Fourth Day of Incubation
Begin formation of tongue
Fifth Day of Incubation
Formation of reproductive organs and the differantation of sex
Sixth Day of Incubation
Begin formation of beak and egg-tooth (used to hatch)
Eighth Day of Incubation
Begin formation of feathers
Tenth Day of Incubation
Begin hardening of beak
Thirteenth Day of Incubation
Appearance of scales and claws
Fourteenth Day of Incubation
Embryo turns it's head toward the blunt (bottom) of egg
Sixteenth Day of Incubation
Scales, clawes and beak are becoming firm and horny
Seventeenth Day of Incubation
Beak turns toward air cell
Nineteenth Day of Incubation
Yolk sac begins to enter body activity
Twentieth Day of Incubation
Yolk sac completely drawn into body cavity, embryo occupies practically all of the space within the egg, except the air cell
Twenty-First Day of Incubation
Hatching of the Chick
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Day 1......0.0002 grams
Day 2......0.003 grams
Day 3......0.02 grams
Day 4......0.05 grams
Day 5......0.13 grams
Day 6......0.29 grams
Day 7......0.57 grams
Day 8.....1.15 grams
Day 9.....1.53 grams
Day 10....2.26 grams
Day 11....3.68 grams
Day 12....5.07 grams
Day 13....7.37 grams
Day 14....9.74 grams
Day 15....12.0 grams
Day 16....15.98 grams
Day 17....18.59 grams
Day 18....21.83 grams
Day 19....25.62 grams
Day 20....30.21 grams
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To view the baby chick hatching video, simply download this file: chick_hatching.zip. The file is 267 KB and takes less than five minutes to download on a 14.4 bps modem. The movie has a wet slobbery little chick hatching from an egg and lasts from 10-20 seconds. Enjoy!! If you have Microsoft Encarta '95, you may have already seen this.
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