Both mother and father cause when the father is fiding food the mother sits on the nest and when the mother is finding food for the baby bird or for herself the father sits on them.
baby ostriches are born in a shallow hole which their father made in the sand and he sits on the eggs.The mother ostrich lays her eggs in front of the father ostrich then he pushes them under his warm body. He sits on the eggs from late afternoon untill early the next morning the mother sits on the eggs the rest of the day. When the eggs are hatched the parents take turns to look after their young.
There are male birds that do share in the sitting and rearing of baby birds.
The mother hatches an egg The mother lays the eggs, sits on them to keep them warm while incubating, then feeds them when they hatch out.
The mother sits on the egg until it is time to collect food, then the father will sit on the egg to keep it warm between his feet, hence why they waddle, until the mother returns, when they will switch roles again or until the other is ready.
Both the mother and father swan work together to care for their young. The mother usually sits on the nest and protects the eggs, while the father helps to guard the nest and may assist in raising the cygnets once they hatch.
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 .
the chicken's placenta, as opposed to a human placenta, does not connect the mother to the child. instead, it connects the mother and the egg. the placenta extends from the mother's anus to the top of the egg. this is why the chicken sits on her eggs.
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.
the mama bird sits on the eggs to keep them warm
Birds Sit on their eggs to keep them warm, and to hide and protect them from predetors.
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
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