In a chicken egg, does the yolk turn into the chick, or does the chick eat the yolk?
2006-11-17 02:02:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
The yolk is the bird...the clear is the cushioning fluid.
2006-11-17 05:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK here's the RIGHT answer. The yolk is food for the developing chick.
from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/info/chicken/egg.shtml
Growth of the Embryo: The fertilized blastodisc (now called the blastoderm) grows and becomes the embryo. As the embryo grows, its primary food source is the YOLK. Waste products (like urea) collect in a sack called the allantois. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide gas occurs through the eggshell; the chorion lines the inside surface of the egg and is connected to the blood vessels of the embryo.
2006-11-17 11:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by achshah!!!!! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have a look here: http://www.icr.com.au/~cps/embryology/parts_of_the_egg.htm and here: http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/poultry/poultry_eggparts.html Basically, there is a small spot on the skin of a fertilized egg yolk called the Germinal Disc. The Germinal Disc will grow into the chick. As the chick grows it obsorbs the yolk as food.
2006-11-17 10:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The chick is attached to the yolk by sort of an umbilical cord just like animals to the placenta.
2006-11-17 10:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the yolk is basically protein and lots of other bits and pieces that if it had been fertilised would have turned into a chick the white is what the chick eats while inside the egg
2006-11-17 10:09:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the yolk turns in to a chick and egg white is it food that it absorbs while in the egg.
2006-11-17 17:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jusme 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The yolk turns into a chick....
2006-11-17 10:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by tab42104 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
all of the above ill go with well the ones about the yolk is the chick anyway
2006-11-17 10:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by mustang_rws 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the yolk is the nurishment for the baby chick. the white becomes the chick.
2006-11-17 10:10:04 · answer #9 · answered by goalkep95 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The yolk is the chick. The clear stuff is it's protection, and provides food before it hatches.
2006-11-17 10:09:42 · answer #10 · answered by matters 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋