Chicken Embryology

What does the chick use the yolk for? 

• Nothing, it just takes up space.
• To get nutrients.
• For a pillow.
• To help it breathe.

How many days does it take to for a chicken egg to hatch?

• 19 days
• 28 days
• 24 days
• 21 days

What is the blue arrow pointing to?

• Shell
• Vitaline Membrane
• Yolk
• Shell Membrane

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What temperature does the incubator need to be set on for the eggs to hatch?

• 99-101
• 105
• 98
• 360

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When you say a chick is pipping, what does that mean?

• It's the first sign of hatching.
• It's peeping or chirping. 
• It needs turned.
• It's sleeping.

What is the part of the beak called the chick uses to break out of the shell?

• Comb
• Pip
• Beak
• Egg tooth

What does the term quitter refer to?

• A live chick.
• An egg that never started growing.
• An embryo that has stopped growing.
• The egg.

Why do you want to candle eggs during incubation?

• For the fun of it.
• To see if the egg is good or a "quitter."
• To look at the chick.
• To help get the chick out of it's shell.