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A Chicken’s Egg Tooth—What Is It and What Is It For?

Photo of baby chick with egg tooth circled

A chicken’s egg tooth is a tiny horn-like projection at the tip of the upper beak of a newly hatched chick. Its purpose is to help the chick break through the shell at hatching time. Soon after the chick hatches, the egg tooth falls off. Domestic poultry and other birds share this trait in common […]

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