How do chickens lay eggs?

Hens lay no more than one egg per day as the process of laying an egg is governed by the presence of sunlight. The lack of natural light during the winter months means that even fewer eggs are laid during this time of the year. Humans can, however, ‘trick’ chickens into laying despite the limited sunlight by adding artificial light (such as a light bulb) to the coop. The laying process starts when light entering the hen’s eye activates a photosensitive gland (the pineal gland) positioned nearby. Once stimulated, this gland triggers a process that leads to the release of an egg, or oocyte, from the hen’s ovary. An egg can still be laid whether or not it has been fertilised by a male, but only fertilised eggs can develop into chicks. The orifice through which the egg leaves the hen is called the vent. Though this hole also forms the outlet for waste by-products (ie urine and faeces), there is a valve called the cloaca which separates the oviduct from the intestine.

The chick starts out as a single cell that divides and forms a hollow disc on the surface of the yolk. This yolk is then released into a spiralling oviduct tube. As it travels down the oviduct it builds up a number of layers, including a vitelline membrane directly surrounding the yolk, and two layers of viscous white albumen divided by a structural fibrous layer. Lower in the oviduct tube the eggshell layer develops around the yolk, protecting it and giving it form. When the egg is expelled from the body so begins the following 21-day period of embryonic development…

Govind. K

Kalagramam General Conveener

Editorial Team Of BraiN BudS

Empty Boat – A Poetic Reflection

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are crushing down a river

Another boat comes opposite towards you

right at you, faster and faster.

You get upset and start yelling.

As it gets closer, you suddenly see clearly that it is empty

This is how we make ourselves suffer –

by seeing the world out to get us,

by not steering clear of what is natural –

Your delusion and negative karma’s rebound

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Moment to Moment !

Master the art of loosing in each slice of life. We loose many precious assets and gains in life. May that be my land, may that be my beautiful wrist watch. 

Living each moment by knowing that I am going to loose the sheen of it in the next moment. Thus moment to moment, I learn the art of loosing when I realize that they prove to be stale and stagnant. Thus this journey and the passenger shreds away its wings of past.