Teachers' Resources

• What You Need to Know to Have a Successful Project

• Planning and Scheduling Checklist

• The Chicken
  • History of the Chicken
  • Biology of the Fowl
  • Breeds and Varieties
  • Commercial Poultry

• The Egg
  • The Avian Egg
  • Parts of the Egg
  • Obtaining Hatching Eggs
  • Culling and Caring for Eggs Prior to Incubation

• The Reproductive System and Fertilization
  • The Rooster
  • The Hen
  • Fertilized vs Non-Fertile

• Incubation
• How the Chicken Incubates Eggs Naturally
• Science of Incubation
• In Case of Power Outage
• Incubation Period of Other Species
• Sanitation of Incubator and Equipment

• Trouble Shooting
• Common Incubation Problems --Causes and Remedies. Trouble shooting causes and remedy suggestions in a table format. By: R. A. Ernst, F.A. Bradley, M.E. Delany, U.K. Abbott and R.M. Craig, Animal Science Department, University of California, Davis.

• Embryo Development
• Where Chick Life Begins
• Physiological Processes Within the Egg
• Hatching includes egg tooth and feather sexing pictures

• Resources for the classroom

• Answers to Commonly Asked Embryology Questions is a list of questions that I have received from teachers and youth over the years with a brief answer.