No I don't believe so, is there something in particular you are looking for an explanation on? Here are the terms I can think of at the top of my head: Auto Turner- Motor attached to egg tray that turns eggs automatically. Usually at least 12 times daily. Greatly improves hatch rate. Forced Air Incubator - An Incubator that has a fan installed to circulate air. Creates very stable temperatures. Sill Air Incubator- An incubator that does not have a fan installed to circulate air. Much more prone to temperature issues. Cabinet Incubator - A larger incubator, usually fits up to 300 + eggs. Can be home-made, or professional like a Sportsman (drool). Wiggler - A children's toy that is tube-like in shape and filled with liquid. A probe thermometer is stuck inside in order to get a better idea of the internal temperature of the eggs than what you can get via an air reading. Candle/Candler - The use of a bright light source in a dark room to view the inside of the egg, and determine embryo development. Setting/Set Date - The day the eggs are placed in the incubator, or the act of doing so. Lockdown - day 18 through hatch. Where the incubator humidity is increased and the eggs are not turned any longer. Do not open incubator unless absolutely necessary (IE add water). Pip - Hole poked in the shell by the chick during hatch. (there are two pip stages: internal- where the chick tears into the air cell, and external- which is the one you can see when the shell breaks) Zip - Stage after pip where chick creates a crack around the circumference of the egg before finaly pushing out Float Test - A test done on eggs you suspect may contain dead embryos. A floating egg is a bad sign. Hatch-A-Long - Common BYC event where multiple people who have set at the same time create a thread and chat while waiting for hatch.
Thank you, the one I was wondering about was pip and zip, but the others are very useful as well! I'm so excited to start this!
When I first started researching chicks, "pip" was the most confusing term to me. I didn't know if it was an acronym or if people meant the noise chicks made. I was surprised to learn it was neither of those things, and I learned it here on BYC!
