Saying goodbye

We had to say goodbye on Friday to our four baby chicks. We know they will have a good life at the farm and will enjoy having more space to run around and be chickens! We hope to see pictures of them at their new home soon.

The day we have all waited for

On Thursday afternoon we spent some time playing with our new baby chicks.  We created a circle so they could not escape.  When the chicks came close by we were able to use one finger to pet them.   Some even jumped into our hands and laps!  It is going to be hard sending them back to the farm on Friday.

Three's Company

Angry Taco and Mr. Jumperoni enjoying some fresh water while their feathers continue to dry.  The marbles are placed in their water bowl so they can't tip it over.

Almost out!

Here is a picture of Mr. Jumperoni hatching from his egg.  He must have a very strong egg tooth!

You can also see Fluffy has created a small hole using her egg tooth!

Welcome to the world...

Angry Taco!

It took nearly 12 hours for our first chick to hatch out of its egg. The students voted on the name Angry Taco! We will leave the chick in the incubator for a few hours to allow its feathers to dry.  We are very excited for Angry Taco!

Hatch Day!

On May 1st we started to hear a soft peep coming from the incubator.  When we looked in we saw a few of the eggs rocking back and forth.  We knew that soon we would see a crack.  After lunch we checked on the eggs and this is what we saw...

The chicks were using their egg tooth to begin to emerge from the egg. Although there was a crack we knew that it would take a lot of hard work from the chick before it hatched!

Rolling the eggs

The eggs must be rolled three times each day.  We roll the eggs using our fingers very carefully.  Each student will get a turn to roll the eggs. After we roll the eggs we must wash our hands.

Mrs. Klein



The eggs have arrived!

Today right as I was getting ready to kick off our new writing unit we got a knock at the door.  We were thrilled to see that it was a mom from Mrs. Epperson's class with our eggs! 


We marked each egg with an X on one side and an O on the other. This will help us when we roll the eggs. They must be rolled three times during the school day. 

The eggs were placed in the incubator with all of the X's facing the top.  We made sure that the temperature was at 100 degrees.  We placed water in the bottom plastic dish to create humidity. 

We also got to complete our first page in our chick journal.  Tomorrow will be the first day we get to roll the eggs! We can't wait!!!


Mrs. Klein

Oviparous

Oviparous animals lay eggs!

Check out this book to find out other animals that lay eggs!

 

Guess which oviparous animal is growing inside these eggs...

Love,

Mrs. Klein

Did you hear?

We will be hatching chicks after spring break! We are very excited and can't wait to share our classroom with some fluffy friends.  


Each student in the class is working hard to earn a toy chick. Students can earn chicks by showing good behavior and working hard.  All students must earn a toy chick for us to hatch real chicks.  

This chicks habitat is very colorful!

This chick is thankful to have a ninja to protect him at all times!

Do you know what the word oviparous means? Post a comment below to share your thoughts!


Love,
Mrs. Klein