egg incubation
Also known as Avian incubation, Incubation
the process by which certain oviparous (egg-laying) animals hatch their eggs
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A female mallard duck incubates her eggs
Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release. Egg incubation is done under favorable environmental conditions, possibly by brooding and hatching the egg.