Jay's Post

My class has been hatching chicks. It has been lots of fun. It wasn't too long ago that we got the chicken eggs. The first step was to incubate them. We gave them plenty of water and plenty of heat. We started with twelve eggs, it took 21 days until they hatched. On day nine we candled the eggs so we could see if the chicks were alive or not. We discovered that all but three were alive. The last few days we had to keep the incubator closed so that the chicks would be able to break through the shells. On day 20 the first one hatched. We named it Early Bird. During the night two more hatched. The next night one more hatched and then all the rest hatched. One of the chicks hatched with yolk still on it. It's name was Lucky. Lucky died. All the others lived, their names are: Dottie, Spotty, Tiger, Moon Drop, Brownie, Fudge, and I forgot the name of the last one. It has been a week since the chicks have hatched. They are all doing well and have tail feathers, grown-up feathers, and bigger wings. They kind of make a lot of noise now. Sometimes they distract us when we are doing our work. We gave them away on Friday. Three are going to a farm and one is going to one of Mrs. Hoff's students and four are going to my friend Zeke's house.

This is me holding Tiger. Behind me is the chick calendar.

These are all eight chicks.
The first egg we opened, that did not hatch. This is a picture of one of the eggs that didn't make it.
This is a picture of Early Bird.
Dottie
Spotty