From Egg To Chick:

Comments on this Internet Version

The original version of From Egg to Chick: A Guide to the Study of Incubation and Embryonic Development was published in 1961 by the University of Illinois College of Agriculture (now ACES) Cooperative Extension Service.

The text and drawings are taken directly from the original pamphlet, but some changes have been made to the original to make it more accessible to the American and international student.

First, all American system weights and measures (inches, pounds, etc.) have been updated to include their metric (SI) equivalents. The metric units follow the original American units and are surrounded by parenthesis. This should give the international reader a better grasp of the measurements mentioned, and should help familiarize American students with the metric system.

Second, many of the drawings have been updated to included newer pictures created by our talented team of artists: Janet Hanlon, Dawn Gorski, and Jill Hixon. These images were selected to add a little bit of color to an otherwise drab set of illustrations, and communicate the same information as found in the originals.

Due to this document's age, some of the information may be out of date, especially the references to sources of incubators and fertile eggs. For more recent listings of resources, see our Chickscope Select Weblinks page.

We at the Chickscope project hope you enjoy this paper and find it useful in your classroom setting.

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