Vocab
a compartment of air located under the shell in the large end of the egg.
What is an Air Cell
The food for the growing chick
What is the yolk sac.
the amount of days it takes to incubate chicken eggs
21 days
The brain and eyes form this week.
What forms in the 1st week?
a ring formed when an embryo dies around day 4 of incubation.
What is a blood ring?
Is the white part of the egg
What is the albumen
The three parts if an egg.
What is the yolk sac, albumen, and air cell?
The egg tooth forms this week.
What forms in week 2?
Housing that provides environmental requirements of chicks from 1 day to 3 weeks old.
What is a brooder pen.
Beaks are made from?
What is Keratin
The required temperature and humidity for the incubator.
What does 99.5 and 40 represent?
The embryo is covered in feathers by this day
What is developed by day 13?
Examining an egg in front of a light to observe the development of the embryo.
What is candeling
Special point in beak used during hatching
What is the egg tooth?
On this day the farmer stops turning the eggs.
What happens on day 18?
On day 7 this organ is in the correct spot.
What day does the heart go to its correct spot?
The first stage of hatching, when the bird breaks or peaks a hole through the shell.
What is pipping
Has an embryo capable of growing into a chick.
What is a fertilized egg?
This end should always be facing up in the incubator
What direction should the large end of the egg always face?
On this day the chick breaks the air cell lining to start breathing.
What happens on day 20?