2006-08-09 13:07:46 · 6 answers · asked by rodeo_princess_8002 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Yes, mine always increase in weight from the average size egg to the average weight of a baby chick. Scroll down on this list......
2006-08-09 13:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by Chaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A week or two after my incubator has chicken eggs in it, I find out that I have room for a couple more.
The reason is this: the eggs lose a little bit of weight because of moisture leaving the eggs. This is why it is so important to keep the humidity level up. The eggs actually get slightly smaller when they lose weight.
Another way to look at it..The egg is a self contained unit that the hen laid. The shell keeps things out and the chick in. A egg can gain weight if it is sitting in water. Of course the chicken embryo would drown.
2006-08-09 21:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Or, not substantially, except for moisture changes.
After the egg is laid, nothing enters or exits the egg until the chick hatches. The chick gets nutrients from the yolk that is in the egg, so it grows, but the mass inside the egg stays the same.
2006-08-09 23:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by kolvirbleys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question.
I wouldn't think that, that would be possible.
2006-08-09 20:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not a bit.
2006-08-09 20:11:16 · answer #5 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-09 20:11:51 · answer #6 · answered by mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋