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Educational Eggs
* Not all chicks are yellow!
* Chicks don't need food for up to 48 hours after hatching
* Chicks have an egg tooth to get out of the shell which then falls off.
( Have you ever heard the phrase " As rare as a hens tooth")
* Chicks start to grow adult feathers a week after they hatch.
* You can hear the chicks chirping inside there shells up to 24 hours before they hatch.
It's not just chickens that lay eggs!!
All birds
most Snakes
Most lizards
All insects
Most fish
All turtles and Tortoises
All crocodiles
There are also 2 egg laying mammals.
Duck billed platypus and Echidna
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