Chick Action

This is a belated post about our precious chicks! Last Friday, we had a lot of fun with them. After 21 days of turning the eggs and watching them hatch, the students FINALLY had the chance to touch, hold and play with them. They are too cute!

We wanted to be careful since they were only a day old. We observed that the chicks really liked the heat from the light and stayed huddled together to keep warm. It was cold after being in the warm incubator!

In order to get the chicks comfortable with us, we started by reaching into the box to practice holding the chicks and petting them. The chicks were scared and a little jumpy, but eventually they learned to like us! :-)

Lots of hands reaching down! They had no idea what to think!

We did have a little chick with a hurt leg. We observed that the other chicks seemed to pick on him a little bit. We all felt so sad for him.

A couple of the girls had the chance to actually hold the chicks for a little bit. When the boys get the chicks out, one of them pooped! Needless to say, it made the boys not want to hold them anymore!

(Anna with a chickie)

(Janae with a chickie)

(Kelly with a chickie)

(Jessica with a chickie)

One of our cute chicks! We miss hearing them peep and move around. Anna has all three at her house right now and is taking good care of them. We are getting updates from her each day on how they are growing and changing.

We had a lot of fun with our chick project. The students will be bringing home a certificate from the 4-H program annoucning their completion of the program. Perhaps there are some future chicken farmers in our third grade class?

Have a happy day!