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The yolk or yellow portion makes up about 33% of the liquid weight of the egg. It contains all of the fat in the egg and a little less than half of the protein.

The yolk also contains more phosphorus, manganese, iron, iodine, copper, and calcium than the white, and it contains all of the zinc. The yolk of a Large egg contains about 59 calories.

An egg contains varying amounts of 13 vitamins but no vitamin C.

The record for egg laying in domestic chickens is held by a Black Orpington which laid 861 eggs in 864 days.

 

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