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A mother hen sits on the egg for two reasons as far as I know. Firstly and mainly it sits on the egg to warm them since to obtain the best result the egg need a temperature of 100 Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). I'm not sure about this but I think the second reason is to protect the egg. I remember when I was younger and I used to try to take the egg from the hen it would go nuts at me (my grandfather had chickens).
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Explain what the mother hen do to ensure that her eggs are turned and kept at the corrrect temperature for hatching?
The mother hen usually covers all her eggs to make sure that they are kept at the correct temperature for hatching and uses its beak to turn the egg over .
How a mother her keeps her egg safe and warm?
A mother hen sits on her eggs for weeks to keep the temperature right. The breaks for eating and leaving are shot so the temperature stays constant.
What if a hen sits on eggs for more than a month?
the dang egg will die
Does only hen hatch egg?
Yes, only the hen sits on eggs.
How long is the gestation period for a chicken -?
Chickens don't get pregnant: they take 24 hours to produce an egg which leaves its body. When the hen decides it is time to be a mother hen, she goes "broody" and stays on that egg along with several more and all she can gather from other chickens. The hen sits on the eggs for 21 days and the eggs start to hatch. The mother hen then takes care of the chicks for about 3 months before starting to lay eggs again.
Hen sits in the hen house on what?
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
Do you feed the mother parakeet when she sits on the eggs?
You should provide plenty of wet egg food, changed daily, or more often in hot weather, seed, and fruit and vegetables. The male will eat the food, and feed the hen.
Can you hatch a chicen egg without a female chicken?
yes you can hatch a egg without a female hen providing that it has been fertilized by a cockerel this is what you call incubation which relies on heat to hatch the egg this acts as the same way as any hen would to the eggs when she sits on the nest.
Why chicken egg does not crack when the hen sits on it?
The ovoid shape can bear extensive weight. Try crushing one in your hand and see.
Which one is older a 'hen ' or an 'egg'?
A hen is older than an egg. *A hen comes from an egg. Either a hen or an egg can be older than one another.
How many steps does it take to get an egg?
1. The male bird, for example a cock has to mate with a fertile female bird, for example a hen. 2. The sperms of the cock fertilize the egg. Note: There is no requirement for there to be a male for a female hen to lay eggs. There does need to be a male if the egg is to be fertile. 3. The egg grows within the hen. 4. The shell forms over the egg. 5. The hen then sits to lay the egg. 6. The egg comes out of the hens vagina. 7. You get to the hens hideout and hold the warm egg. You got the egg! That is 7 steps. You can further elaborate them to get more steps.
How do you get hen?
we get a hen in a egg
