INCUBATION AND HATCHING
There are several reasons to incubate and hatch poultry eggs artificially. One is to increase or maintain your own flock. In this case and understanding of poultry genetics will be helpful in selecting parents for mating. Another reason is as a classroom experience for K-12 students. 'Embryology in the classroom' is a popular activity and can be adapted for a wide variety of science, and non-science, topics.
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BASIC ANATOMY
Anatomy - female reproduction (University of Kentucky)
Anatomy - male reproduction (University of Kentucky)
Definitions of common hatchery terms (University of California)
Development of the chick (University of Kentucky)
HATCHING EGGS
Care and incubation of hatching eggs (Mississippi State University)
Contamination of hatching eggs (North Carolina State University)
Management and hatching eggs and broiler performance (University of Florida)
INCUBATION
Avian embryo (Mississippi State University)
Hatching quality chicks (Mississippi State University)
Incubation of poultry (University of Missouri)
Candling eggs (University of Illinois)
Incubating eggs (Virginia Tech)
Hatching your own chicks (University of Maine)
BY SPECIES
General
Incubating and hatching eggs (Texas A&M)
Incubating eggs of domestic birds (Clemson University)
Incubating eggs (Virginia Tech)
Incubating eggs in small quantities (University of California, Davis)
Chickens
Broiler performance from cull eggs (University of Florida)
Peafowl
Natural or artificial incubation, which works best? (American Peafowl Association)
Artificial incubation of peafowl eggs (American Peafowl Association)
Hatching time (Trouble shooting) (American Peafowl Association)
Quail
Incubating (Japanese) quail eggs (Japanese) - The Quail Place
Hatching quail eggs in the classroom (Gamebird.com)
Incubating and hatching quail (Raisequail.com)
Quail incubation chart (The incubation times for different species of quail)
Guinea fowl
Obtaining and choosing guinea fowl hatching eggs (Guinea Fowl International Association)
How to prepare eggs for incubation (Guinea Fowl International Association)
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Egg candling and breakout analysis (University of California)
Common incubation problems: Causes and remedies (University of California)
Trouble shooting failures with egg incubation(Mississippi State University)
Chick embryo malpositions and deformities (University of Florida)
INCUBATORS
Kemp's Koops (Eugene, Oregon)
Stromberg's (Pine River, Minnesota)
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