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incubation

[‚iŋ·kyə′bā·shən]
(chemistry)
Maintenance of chemical mixtures at specified temperatures for varying time periods to study chemical reactions, such as enzyme activity.
(medicine)
The phase of an infectious disease process between infection by the pathogen and appearance of symptoms.
(vertebrate zoology)
The act or process of brooding.
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However, if you're going to incubate eggs produced by your flock, or if you've obtained eggs from a source that didn't sanitize them, you can avoid potential health and viability problems with a sanitizing rinse.
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Keeper Luke Millar said: "Unfortunately, the parents decided not to build a nest or incubate the eggs, so we stepped in and rescued one and are hopeful of hand rearing it.
If you already have a laying flock and one of your hens becomes broody, she can incubate her own eggs, or you can place fertile eggs obtained elsewhere in her nest, and she will do her best to hatch them.
In fact, dad gulps his mate's eggs to protect and incubate them, using heat from his mouth to help eggs develop.
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