A Chicken born without an egg in Sri Lanka

Posted by Cash On on 2012-04-21 0

According to reports from Metro, a chicken was just recently born — mammal
style — without an egg in Sri
Lanka.
Yes, traditionally eggs
are passed out of a hen’s body
and incubated outside.
Some how though, in this completely wild instance, the
egg stayed inside the hen for
21 days before hatching. As any rudimentary biology
class will tell you, this is not
what’s supposed to happen.
The hen gave birth to the
chick, which survived and is
reportedly ”healthy and fully formed,” sadly though, the
mother has died of internal
wounds.
You can call it a genetic
mutation or even an
evolutionary process, but no
matter what this is quite
miraculous to hear.
From PR Yapa, a vet in Welimada:
"I had only heard about such
aberrations, but I was able to
see it for myself today. There
were lacerations and a tear of
the reproductive tract that
caused the death. The baby is doing well".

As Metro notes, “the story has hit headlines across Sri Lanka
and proved popular on
Twitter with many joking
that it solves the age old
conundrum of which came
first – the chicken or the egg.” Strangely enough, this is one
of many recent chicken
headlines. Earlier this week a
hen in Montana apparently
laid what may be the world’s
smallest egg, being just larger than a penny. If you’re starving for more
craziness, you can feast your
eyes on this bowling-pin shaped egg, a sore chicken that laid a massive 4 inch egg and a record-breaking hen
that laid 14 eggs in two hours . Yes, these are real headlines,
and yes, today is a Friday.
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