In perhaps the best known example, the platypus, the eggs develop in utero for about 28 days, with only about 10 days of external incubation (in contrast to a chicken egg, which spends about one day in tract and 21 days externally).After laying her eggs, the female curls around them.n perhaps the best known example, the platypus, the eggs develop in utero for about 28 days, with only about 10 days of external incubation (in contrast to a chicken egg, which spends about one day in tract and 21 days externally). After laying her eggs, the female curls around them.
Virginia apples are grown in over 100 commercial orchards, totaling more than 16,000 acres of land. Virginia apple growers produce many popular varieties including Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Stayman, Gala, Winesap, York, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Fuji and Ginger Gold.
Virginia Business SpotlightâRoute 11 Potato Chips. Welcome to the inaugural addition of Virginia Business Spotlight. Each Wednesday Governor McAuliffe will recognize a local business that exemplifies the New Virginia Economy. Our first entry is Route 11 Potato Chips. Owned and operated by founder/President Sarah Cohen, and her Vice President/plant engineer Michael Connelly, a Desert Storm veteran, Route 11 Potato Chips sprouted in an old feed store in the Shenandoah Valley in 1992. In 2008, they built a state of the art potato chip making facility in Mt. Jackson.