Happy Birthday Chicks!

10:00 Update-

We have 3 new baby chicks so far!

11:50 Update

We have five chicks that have hatched and 4 more that look like they are working their way out.  

Click to watch one of our baby chicks hatch.  

Hatching Day?

We have all been anticipating Hatching Day, but no chicks arrived today.  We did, however, see lots of wiggles and movements from the eggs. It looks like our chicks are working on pecking their way out with their egg tooth.  
Hopefully tomorrow will be a big birthday!

This little egg was making peeping noises!

We are ready for the chicks

An Egg-cellent Day!

Today was day 18 in our chicks' life cycle.  We took the turner out and moved them onto the flat grid on the bottom of the incubator, just in case one hatches over the weekend. 

Letting Go

Today we let the butterflies go free! Here is one student's butterfly observation journal entry for today. 

We released the butterflies into the butterfly garden.  Our wonderful school volunteer, Ms. Priscilla, just happened to be helping in the garden too!

Butterfly and Egg Observations

Today we had 2 butterflies come out of their chrysalis! They were drinking sugar water, flying, and stretching their colorful wings. We still have 3 more to go! 

We also observed our chicken eggs.  Today is day 16 of their development-five more days to go!  The baby chicks now have yellow feathers covering their bodies.  They are looking cuter every day!

A Butterfly is Born

Today was an exciting day in our class! Our first chrysalis turned into a butterfly. Check out the video we captured below!

Egg Delivery Day!

Today we received our eggs! They are on Day 14 of their life cycle.

We will need to do a few things to ensure they all hatch...

* The temperature needs to be 101 degrees.
* The eggs need to be turned by our automatic egg turner. 
* There needs to be water so that the air is humid enough for chicks to break through their shell.