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When birds lay eggs they usually sit on them and keep them warm. Just like when a human is pregnant, our baby stays warm inside our body. If we freeze to death outside, our baby would die. If the eggs aren't kept at the temperature of the parents they wont be warm enough and they baby birds will not grow inside.
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∙ 11y agoBirds incubate their eggs by sitting on top of them, in essence sharing their body heat with the eggs.
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Do mallard ducks have to sit on their eggs?
All birds have to incubate their eggs, keeping them at a certain temp and turning them so the chicks won't stick to the inside of the eggs. Some birds cover their eggs to keep them warm when they are away, but most just use their own body heat
How do birds keep their eggs warm so that they will develop?
Most birds will make a nest in which they lay their eggs.They will then use their own body heat and 'sit' on the eggs to incubate them.Some birds don't make a nest, a penguin for example will hold a single egg on top of it's feet, then cover the egg with it's belly to keep it warm.
Why birds sits on their eggs?
Birds Sit on their eggs to keep them warm, and to hide and protect them from predetors.
Are house birds supposed to lay on their eggs?
Most birds lay on their eggs to keep them warm and safe.
Why do birds turn there eggs periodically?
so that their baby's will develop properly , if your told its to keep them warm its wrong , ( birds sit on the eggs to keep them warm).
What do penguins and birds have in common?
Penguins and Birds both have beaks and lay eggs they also keep their eggs warm by there fethers
Why does a bird smash eggs after laying them?
Maybe she's so big that she doesn't want to feed them...
Why do birds turn their eggs prriodically?
To keep both sides warm!
How does the process of brooding keep a bird's eggs warm?
The bird sits on the eggs and by using heat to keep them warm until they hatch
Why do some birds use nests?
to use for a home for the eggs and to keep away from predators
How is a hard boiled egg an example of convection?
When the eggs are cooking the eggs will heat up and go to the top of the pot then they will cool down and fall to the bottom of the pot then it will heat up again and go to the top and will keep going When the eggs are cooking the eggs will heat up and go to the top of the pot then they will cool down and fall to the bottom of the pot then it will heat up again and go to the top and will keep going
Do hens lay different color eggs?
No one is sure why they do - but we can assume that it was a genetic mutation to perhaps keep the eggs safer in the birds' enviroment.
