{"id":62146,"date":"2016-09-15T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=62146"},"modified":"2016-09-15T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:09:09","slug":"egg-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/62146","title":{"rendered":"Egg Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tDo you know how a hen\u2019s egg is made \u2026 exactly?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/egg-scaleMJFstudio_01078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-62147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/egg-scaleMJFstudio_01078.jpg\" alt=\"egg-scaleMJFstudio_01078\" width=\"360\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a reader of my magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.maryjanesfarm.org\/Magazine\"><em>MaryJanesFarm<\/em><\/a>, you&#8217;ll remember reading the basics of the process in our June-July 2016 &#8220;Fresh Egg Overture&#8221; issue. But if you\u2019re shyly shaking your head, don\u2019t worry\u2014you aren\u2019t alone (not even close), and I won\u2019t tell.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance of those large and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitara.com\/science-for-kids\/5ws-and-h\/what-makes-the-egg-shell-so-strong\/\"><u>shockingly strong<\/u><\/a> orbs, created in a mere 24-hour time period, is one of nature\u2019s most marvelous mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>Hens won\u2019t tell their secret (I\u2019ve asked\u2014they just cluck coquettishly).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62148\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62148\" class=\"wp-image-62148 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chicken-976279_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"387\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Azkia Am via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Luckily, I landed upon a nifty little video that gives us an intimate view of the process.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s your farm science lesson for the day:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3N7_-LlyNr4\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Live, learn \u2026 and nourish your lovely egg-layers with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scratchandpeck.com\/product-category\/organic-chicken-feed\/layers\/\"><u>organic feed<\/u><\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how a hen\u2019s egg is made \u2026 exactly? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/62146\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}