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If your question refers to why is it done mechanically then Incubation is much more precise and reliable when dealing with hundreds and thousands of eggs. Relying on brood hens to produce stock is simply too wasteful, and inefficient. Millions of chicks per year are needed to meet consumer demands.
If your question is what does incubation do? Then incubation is the method certain species uses to maintain favourable temperature and humidity to ensure embryo growth.
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What dose it mean to set eggs?
Setting eggs is the term for incubating, whether done by a broody hen "setting" on a clutch of eggs or by artificial incubation.
What is the incubation of a goat?
150 days
Incubation period of an alligator?
65 days
What is a frog's incubation period?
14 years
What is the difference between incubation and gestation?
Incubation is the period for an egg to hatch and gestation is the period where the unborn is inside the body of the mother awaiting the time to be born.
Is their an incubation period for bulimia?
No bulimia does not have a incubation period
What is the incubation period for trachoma?
The incubation period is about a week.
What is the Incubation period for shingles?
The incubation period for shingles is 2 to 3 weeks. This incubation period is the same for chicken pox as well.
What is the past tense for incubation?
incubation = a noun, no tenses to incubate, incubated
What is the incubation period for melioidosis?
The incubation period is two to three days.
What is the incubation period for arthritis?
Arthritis is not an infection and therefore has no incubation period.
Is there an incubation period to lupus?
No there is no incubation period because lupus is not contagious.
Incubation period of vibrio cholerae?
what is the incubation period of vibrio cholerae
What is a the incubation period of asthma?
the incubation period is usually a couple of years
How would you use the word incubation in referring to winter?
incubation cause of winter
Incubation period for acute renal failure?
what is the incubation period for renal disease
What is the incubation of Enterobacterial infections?
The usual incubation period is 12-72 hours
