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4-H Embryology
Week 3
4-H Pledge
I pledge my Head to clearer thinking my Heart to greater loyalty my Hands to larger service and my Health to better living for my club, my community my country and my world.
Which egg is fertile?
Which egg is fertile?
The egg I circled is fertile because it’s germinal spot is
larger
and it
contains both male and female parent cells
.
Page 11 The fertilized egg is formed when male and female cells
unite
during mating.
They are fertile. They are Leghorn eggs.
The color of the shells are white.
X X X
The air cell looked like a
dime
.
The temperature of the incubator is
99 – 101 degrees F
.
Water should be added to the incubator
every day
.
We should turn our eggs
five times per day.
We observe embryos by
candling
.
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Albumen Blood Vessels
The embryo is turning toward the air cell.
Air Cell 14 Embryo Shell Yolk
Hatch Day!!
Write your own
fact
about what you see.
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Draw what you see in your incubator.
Preparing for Hatch Day
Day 18 - Friday •Stop turning the eggs •Fill tray #2 with water •Bunch the eggs together in the incubator •Prepare the Brooder Box What’s a Brooder Box?
Expectations for Hatch Day
Day 21 - Monday •Peeping •Pip holes •Cracks, hatching •Blood, fluids, odor •Chicks!
It can take from one to 24 hours for a chick to go from pip hole to fully hatched.
BE PATIENT!
Hatch Day Rules
•Your teacher will move chicks from the incubator to the brooder box.
•Monitor chicks to be sure they are not too hot or too cold.
•Chicks rest for 10-24 hrs after hatching before you may hold them.
Rules for Holding Chicks
Wash your hands before and after holding chicks.
Sit on the floor and hold the chick against your belly.
NO STANDING.
NO CHICKS ON DESKS, TABLES OR THE FLOOR.
Do not wake a sleeping chick.
Do not hold chicks if you are sick.
If your chick escapes, remain seated and calm. Your teacher will capture your chick.
Be Gentle
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Be Quiet
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Be Calm
Agriculture
the production of food and goods through the use of farming The Farmer! =
The Producer
What does the producer produce?
Commodities
A commodity is anything the producer raises or grows to make profit ($$$).
Animal Commodities Plant Commodities
The Producer
(farmer)
Commodities
(animal and plant) Processed at butcher shop, mill, factory, etc.
Products
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Blood Vessels Albumen
The embryo is turning toward the air cell.
Air Cell 14 Embryo Shell Yolk