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THE INCUBATION PROCESS

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incubation period
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The head, including the eyes, the heart and the blood vessels start to develop.
The brains are separated into frontal-, middle- and rear brains.
The heart and the blood vessels are getting bigger and bigger.
The wings and the paws start developing and the brains and eyes can be clearly
seen. The embryo starts moving.
The brains are fully developed now, the neck is getting longer, the beak starts
growing and the wings and the paws are being separated.
The wings and the paws are now totally separated and the toes are starting to
develop. On the beak the "egg tooth" Starts growing and also the First feathers
are becoming visible.
The chicks is getting considerably bigger and is able to listen now. The feathers
are good visible and the skeleton starts hardening.
The little head is bent towards the chest and the back is bent tot the left. The
whole little body is now covered with feathers and the head is looking in the
direction of the air chamber.
The little head moves until under the right wing and gets this way in the best
position for hatching.
The quantity of amniotic fluid decreases and the chick gets ready for hatching.
The time has come to stop the automatic egg turning system.
The air chamber of the egg gets bigger and bigger and the yolk is attached to the
little body. The beak looks in the direction of the air chamber and the chicks'
lung breathing function is activated.
The yolk has been totally assimilated by the little body and the belly button is
still not fully closed. The yolk will serve as nutrition to the chick during the first
two to three days after the incubation period.
The chick starts using the "egg tooth" to get out of the egg shell. With the aid of
its limps the chick turns in the egg and pushes against the inner side of the egg
shell to break it. A too low humidity level may cause the feathers to dry up too
quick and stick to the inside of the egg shell whereby the chick cannot turn and
therefore cannot hatch.
It may take up to 12 hours to break the egg shell and hatch.
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