Poultry

What is the function of the "air sac"?

• Is only in brown eggs, helps eggs float

• Chick 1st breath, always faces up

• always faces down, increases in age

• Holds yolk in place

Definition of incubation?

• Heating eggs to hatch chicks

• Heating eggs for breakfast

• Heating eggs to increase air sac

• Heating eggs to check for defects

Candling identifies the following?

• Yolk color

• Blood Spots

• Size of air cell

• Embryonic Development

Jumbo size egg weighs...

• 27 oz

• 30 oz

• 24 oz

• No weight..

Where is site of chick development?

• Germinal Disc

• Chalaza

• Shell

• Yolk

Egg anatomy that contains calcium carbonate?

• albumen

• chalaza

• shell

• shell membrane

Twisted cord anchors yolk

• Chalaza

• Yolk membrane

• Germinal Disc

• Thick albumen

Encloses, protects contents in egg from bacteria

• shell membrane

• shell

• yolk membrane

• chalaza

Source of protein, egg white

• thick/thin albumen

• yolk

• yolk membrane

• shell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Proper temp for incubating

• 99.5F

• 105.5F

• 95.5F

• 90.5F