2007-03-04 05:36:17 · 8 answers · asked by drew 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The fertilised ovum sits on the side of the yolk and uses it for food for the growing chick. If there are two fertilised ova, one on each yolk, twins can grow in the one shell. Double yolkers are usually laid by young hens just getting things sorted out. They don't necessarily have two fertilised ova in a double yolker but it can happen.
2007-03-04 07:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The white is the food that the chick feeds on when it is in the egg, but it grows from the yolk. The yolk is absorbed just before hatching and it is why they don't need to eat for the first two days of life.
Some people have tried to hatch out double yolkers, but the airsac normally isn't large enough towards the end of the development, leading to dead-in-shell eggs. I have heard of *one* case of it working though.
2007-03-04 17:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by Helena 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tentofiel is correct..some of the others are downright wrong.The yolk is the food for the chick..the white is to protect the embryo..the equivalent of our amniotic fluid if you like..give Tentofiel the 10 pts.
2007-03-05 10:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I answered this question to my mother one day...she answered no. Just one chick will gonna be formed on the egg, the second one will be just food for the main one.
2007-03-04 13:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by Fipa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No because the white of the egg is the chicken the yolk is the food it eats while still in the egg.
2007-03-04 13:44:03 · answer #5 · answered by derek 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
good question.
Twin chicks!
Siamese chicks! lol a chicken with 2 heads!
2007-03-04 13:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
have you never heard of Saimese chicks?
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2007-03-04 13:42:34 · answer #7 · answered by qwerty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-03-04 13:54:11 · answer #8 · answered by Melissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋