Our eggs get their exercise every day! In nature, eggs are turned several times a day by the mother hen while she is brooding. This keeps the babies inside the eggs healthy. We have automatic egg turners in our incubators to turn our eggs for us, day and night. Eggs have a narrow end and a wider end. The head of the chick (or duckling) will grow in the wide end. We have our eggs in the incubators with their pointed-end slightly down so that the babies don't have to stand on their heads!
The digital incubator that we are using has an alarm that notifies us when it is about to turn the eggs. It seems that whomever is near the incubator when the alarm sounds, rushes over to watch the eggs roll. (I find myself running over too!) Who knew that egg exercise could be so exciting!
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