Come on, little chicks. You can do it. Chip away with your egg tooth, kick your way out, roll and stretch and dry your wings. Look at your new, beautiful world in the incubator at Lakeside kindergarten. Oh my... what a way for children to learn science!
Look close. See that little egg tooth?
The egg tooth appears on the baby bird's beak about Day 7 in its development inside the egg. When the bird is ready to hatch, the egg tooth is like a little can opener. The chicks will pip the shell (make a little hole), and chip away at the shell as it moves around the shell.
After the chick hatches, the egg tooth only lasts a couple of weeks before it falls off or is reabsorbed.
After the chick hatches, the egg tooth only lasts a couple of weeks before it falls off or is reabsorbed.
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