1. 4-H Embryology
Week 3

2. 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.

3. Which egg is fertile?

4. 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.

5. 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.
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6. Water should be added to the
incubator every day.
We should turn our eggs five times
per day.
We observe embryos by
candling.
I helped with the project by…
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7. Page 8

8. 18
The shell is full with the growing embryo
except for the air cell.
Air
Cell
Blood
Vessels 18
Embryo
Shell
Yolk
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9. Draw what you see in your21
Hatch Day!!
Write your own fact about what you see.
Draw what you see in your
incubator.

10. 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?

11. 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!

12. 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 hrs after hatching
before you may hold them.

13. Be Gentle…Be Quiet…Be Calm
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…Be Quiet…Be Calm

14. the production of food and goods through the use of farming
Agriculture
the production of food and goods through the use of farming
The Farmer! = The Producer
What does the producer produce?

15. Commodities Animal Commodities Plant Commodities
A commodity is anything the producer
raises or grows to make profit ($$$).
Animal Commodities
Plant Commodities

16. Commodities (animal and plant)
The Producer (farmer)
Commodities (animal and plant)
Processed at butcher shop,
mill, factory, etc.
Products

17. cotton
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18. 10
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19. 18
The shell is full with the growing embryo
except for the air cell.
Air
Cell
Homework:
Pages 9,10,14,17
Blood
Vessels 18
Embryo
Shell
Yolk