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Jane examines this just-hatched whooper chick. He is still wet, fresh out of the egg. She will make sure his umbilicus is closed, that his yolk sac is completely absorbed, and she will spray his umbilicus with an iodine spray to prevent bacterial contamination. She'll weigh him, put a leg band on him to identify him, then put him back in the hatcher to dry off. All he wants to do is sleep after all the hard work of hatching. (Photo by David H. Ellis, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)
Jane examines this just-hatched whooper chick. He is still wet, fresh out of the egg. She will make sure his umbilicus is closed, that his yolk sac is completely absorbed, and she will spray his umbilicus with an iodine spray to prevent bacterial contamination. She'll weigh him, put a leg band on him to identify him, then put him back in the hatcher to dry off. All he wants to do is sleep after all the hard work of hatching. (Photo by David H. Ellis, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

                                           
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