MARS CHICKEN MISSION


Captain's Log Stardate 04102018
Day 21
This morning our station was surprised by the sound of little peeps coming from the incubator. Then one egg began to develop a hole and a tiny beak began to pop through! For the rest of the morning this little chick peeped and tried to poke his way out of the egg. It takes a lot of effort, and after trying for a short time, he took a very long nap. STAY TUNED FOR MORE HATCHING NEWS. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A LIVE FEED CHICKCAM. Check here for updates.


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Captain's Log Stardate 04032018
Day 14
Our eggs sat by themselves for a few days while our Mars scientists were busy for the Easter Holiday. We arrived at the station this morning with a WARNING: The humidity inside the incubator plummeted from a healthy 60%--- down to approximately 30%. We were worried about the fate of our eggs this morning! Luckily, we were reassured by a scientist named Dr. Google, that the chicks will be fine and can survive more extreme conditions (aka lack of humidity) for several days. We hope our chicks are fine! We will candle our embryos soon to see their development and check. This is what our chickens look like today, if we could peek in with an x-ray:


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Captain's Log Stardate 03272018
Day 7
A scientist for the International Space Station landed at our biosphere station today. She carefully candled each of our mars chicken eggs. We nervously waited to find out if our eggs were alive and well! We could see the veins and embryo shadows within each egg. It was exciting to see signs of life!

Sadly, we discovered one of our eggs was not supporting life. It was empty. This means it was not fertilized and had no cells inside to create life. The egg was discarded. It had to be thrown away and cannot be used as a food source for humans on our station----it would make you sick because it has been heated for so long it would have bacteria inside. Our space colony sadly bid the egg goodbye, but we are still happy that we have 11 surviving eggs to hatch.



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Captain's Log Stardate 03262018
Day Six
The eggs are slowly being rotated and kept at constant humidity and heat balance. The current temperature is 98 degrees F, and the humidity is 64%. This should ensure new martian chicken life should hatch. Keep posted for updates and images.

Inside the egg, this is what our chickens look like:
See the source image



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Captain's Log Stardate 03212018
Day One

The eggs have been delivered to our Space Station. They arrived by spaceship capsule at precisely 2:45pm, stardate 03-21-2018.
So far, the eggs vary in colour and size. Some are light brown, some are dark brown, whitish or even pale green.

The scientists at our base are already pondering many questions. 
STAY TUNED.

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