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Helpful Terms to Understand for a Successful Hatch

1. Incubation: The process of keeping eggs at a controlled temperature and humidity to allow the embryo to develop and hatch.

2. Incubator: A device used to maintain the temperature and humidity necessary for the development and hatching of eggs.

3. Humidity Control: Maintaining the correct moisture level inside the incubator.

4. Temperature Regulation: Maintaining a consistent temperature inside the incubator.

5. Turning Eggs: Eggs are turned several times each day during most of incubation to promote proper embryo development.

6. Candling: Shining a bright light through an egg to observe embryo growth and development.

7. Lockdown Period: The final days before hatch when egg turning stops and humidity is normally increased.

8. Pipping: The first break or hole the chick makes through the eggshell.

9. Zipping: The process of the chick breaking through the shell around its circumference.

10. Brooder: A warm environment for newly hatched chicks before they can regulate their own body temperature.