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incubating eggs means keeping them warm ready to be hatched

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Q: What does birds incubate their eggs mean?
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How long does a common cuckoo incubate their eggs?

THEY NEVER INCUBATE THEIR EGGS BECAUSE THEY LAY THEIR EGGS IN OTHER BIRDS NESTS AND THOSE BIRDS INCUBATE THEIR EGGS AND THATS A FACT....


What is the name of the home birds?

Usually - it would be called a 'nest'. However - cuckoos don't build their own nest to incubate their eggs - they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds - for the 'foster mother' to incubate the eggs instead.


What is the name of the bird home?

Usually - it would be called a 'nest'. However - cuckoos don't build their own nest to incubate their eggs - they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds - for the 'foster mother' to incubate the eggs instead.


What is the home name of bird cuckoo?

Usually - it would be called a 'nest'. However - cuckoos don't build their own nest to incubate their eggs - they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds - for the 'foster mother' to incubate the eggs instead.


Describe the structure of bird eggs and explain what usually happens to the eggs after they are laid?

The eggs have hard outer shells. After they are laid, most birds incubate them until they are hatched.


How do you rear peahen eggs?

Do you mean incubate/hatch? If so, treat them just like poultry eggs.


How the turles incubate their eggs?

Well to begin with, the turtle digs a hole and lays her eggs inside it. Unlike chickens and birds, turtles dont sit on their eggs to keep them warm, the sand does it for them. BTW Incubate: Sit on eggs in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching OR Keep eggs at a suitable temperature in order for them to develop.


How anacondas lay eggs?

Same way birds and other reptiles do: they push them out into a nest, then protect/incubate them until they hatch.


What is the purpose of the birdhouse?

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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


Why would it be pointless for reptiles to sit on their eggs to incubate them as birds do?

Reptiles are ectotherms and cannot raise their body temperature above that of the environment.


Do salmon incubate their eggs?

NO salmon dont incubate their eggs, fish dont incubate their eggs at all, they lay them and the male fish swims by the fish and releases the sperm near the eggs and they become fertilized outside of the female fish.