gũcarĩkia

v.

1. to hatch eggs. To hatch eggs. To incubate and bring forth chicks from eggs, used especially in poultry farming contexts.

Example: Gũcarĩkia tũcui tũingĩ hamwe nĩkũhũthagia mĩhere ya irio, kũhe njajo ona kwendia. (Hatching many chicks around the same time makes it easy to feed, vaccinate and sell); Itara ciothe, makĩria iria ithondeketwo na nyeki na maranda, no mũhaka ikarutwo na igacinwo o thutha wa ngũkũ gũcarĩkia tũcui nĩguo kũũraga tũgunyũ na kũnina mĩrimũ. (Any nest material should be removed and burnt after every brood to kill parasites and get rid of diseases especially those made of grass and wood shavings); Njĩra njega ya kũngania, kũiga na gũthuura matumbĩ ma gũcarĩkia? (How to collect, store and select eggs for hatching?)