The Chicks have Hatched!

Third Grade with the chicks!

Each year Ms. Julie organizes the hatching of chicks for our school.  Each day we read a different fact about chicks and their development - or other birds and how long they take to hatch.

The children have the opportunity to see the eggs in the incubator.  They also get to take part in "egg candling," where they use a light to illuminate the inside of the egg to see how the chicks are doing.  The kids get to see a lot of movement and the embryo.

Finally, after a much awaited 21 days the chicks hatch and each classroom has the opportunity to hold and examine the baby chicks.  Here are some pictures of the kids with the chicks. 

It was hard to say good-bye to the chicks, but they are now living happy on a farm with many other chicks and chickens.