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Does the entropy inside of a chicken egg decrease?

I am under the impression that eggs are a closed system and that once it leaves a hen, the insides develop from a yolk to a chick. Doesn't this imply that the entropy inside the egg somehow decreases while it is incubating?
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The egg is not a closed system. Oxygen enters the egg which the developing embryo uses for cellular respiration. Carbon dioxide leaves the egg. Heat transfer occurs between the egg and the environment.

In addition, the egg is initially in a highly organized state containing plenty of nutrients that is burned by the chick. The burning of these nutrients causes entropy to increase.