Hatching Chicks in 2nd Grade

How long were the chicks in the incubator before they hatched?

• 19

• 21

• 23

• 12

Why did we need to put water in the bottom of the incubator?

• to help the chicks stay warm

• to help with the air humidity

• to help the chicks stay cool

• to take the eggs on a boat ride

If we have 12 chicks and each person takes 2, how many people will be able to take chicks?

• 24

• 10

• 6

• 5

Why does the chick ingest the yolk towards the end of the incubation period?

• The yolk is in the way.

• The yolk was ingested at the beginning of the incubation period.

• The yolk provides nutrition for the chick in the first 48 hours of life.

• There never was a yolk!

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Why do you put the eggs in an incubator?

• To keep them clean.

• To keep them from running away.

• To keep them warm.

A male chicken

• Hen

• Rooster

• Adult

• Chick

A part of the chick's beak that helps the chick break out of the shell

• Comb

• Wattle

• Egg Tooth

• Egg

Flaps under the chicken's chin

• Combs

• Wattles

• Head

• Beak

The space at the blunt end of the egg. The air inside the sac is the first air the chicks will breathe before hatching out of the shell.

• Candler

• Nest

• Air Sac

• Chick

This part of the egg is the hard outer layer of protection:

• shell membrane

• shell

• yolk

• air cell