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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Incubation, R V. Vagg
Incubation, R V. Vagg
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
TH E artificial incubation of eggs is not a recent innovation. For many centuries, some species of birds—our mallee-hen being a typical example—have hatched out their eggs by the heat generated in mounds of decaying vegetation.Furthermore, they have shown considerable skill in maintaining the mounds at uniform temperatures throughout the hatching period.
A number of reptiles employ similar methods to hatch their eggs, although in these instances there does not seem to be the same need for carefully-controlled temperatures