Hatching Eggs in the Classroom:

Glossary

Air cell:

A compartment of air located under the shell in the large end of the egg. The chick “taps” into the air cell and begins to breathe air on the twentieth day of incubation.

Brooder:

Housing that provides the environmental requirements of chicks from 1 day to 3 weeks of age.

Blood ring:

A ring formed when an embryo dies during the first 4 days of incubation. When examined, the egg looks normal except for a small circle of blood on the yolk.

Candling:

Examining an egg in front of a light to observe the development of the embryo. Egg flats: Containers or cartons designed for egg storage. Egg flats do not have lids and hold 30 eggs.

Hatchability:

The percentage of eggs that hatch successfully.

Pipping:

The first stage of hatching, when a bird breaks or pecks a hole through the eggshell.

Setting:

Correctly preparing and placing eggs into an incubator for incubation.

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Hatching Eggs

Glossary

Air cell:

Brooder:

Blood ring:

Candling:

Hatchability:

Pipping:

Setting:

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