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Chicken Embryology Worksheet

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1. How many weeks for an egg to develop into a chick?____________________

How many days is that? ______________

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2. What should the temperature of the incubator be to hatch a chicken egg?

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3. Why is ventilation important for the development of a developing egg? _____________________________________________________________________

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4. How many times a day should an egg be rotated (turned)? ______________

Why should the eggs be rotated?

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 5. What day do you stop turning the egg? ______________________

6. List at least 3 reasons for poor hatching.

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7. When do you remove the chicks from the incubator?

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Scroll down to the chart of "Daily Changes in Weight of Developing Chick."

8. What is the weight of a developing chick on:

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Day 10 _______________

Day 20 _______________

Scroll down a little farther to I"mportant Events in Embryonic Development."

9. Every hour the developing chick changes. What is happening on:

Day 3 (at 60 Hours)

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Day 4

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Day 13

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Day 17

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Day 20

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