ELI5- Does an egg’s protein levels change as the chick develop?

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I watching a survival show and one of the survival experts said that an egg with a chick inside has more protein. I understand an egg is laid with all the nutrients necessary for a chick to grow inside so I wondered how a an egg with a chick inside could have more protein than an egg with just the whites and yolk.

Edit: slight rephrasing of the question to be more clear.

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Probably, because the yolk has fat and if the chick converts the fat to protein then yes. Although in terms of mass, the egg would be the same, but composition could change due to chemical reactions.

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