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How to Yield Top Quality Eggs from Your Chickens
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Egg Quality - How To Yield Top-Quality Eggs (Weight, Shape, And Shell Quality) The incredible, edible egg. When most people look at an egg, they don’t even stop to consider how remarkable it is. Nature has chosen the dome-like shape for the eggshell, as it is one of the strongest structures. The eggshell, while appearing solid, contains 7,000 to 17,000 pores that enable gas exchange. Surrounding the calcium-rich eggshell is a thin layer known as the cuticle that acts as a barrier to both water and bacteria. Top-quality eggs have a strong, thick eggshell with about 2 grams of calcium...