School Chickens

In term 3, LH2 had the opportunity to incubateand hatch baby chicks in the habitat lead by Miss Morgan. We had a variety of different eggs, some were even green! The learners thought that maybe the green eggs would be boys and the brown/white eggs would be girls, but we had to wait to find out. We waited for 3 weeks (21 days) and after what felt like a very long time we had our first 2 baby chicks hatch and they were both black. The excitement was overwhelming and before we knew it we had 2 more little baby chicks, this time yellow. The learners helped to feed and care for the baby chicks until they were big enough to go outside and all the learners got to have a turn at holding them; “they are soft and fluffy”, “they feel scratchy”, “they feel likes tiny needles on my hand”. Term 4 started and it was time for the chicks to move into their new house. LH2 were so excited to move the chicks into their new coop, but the chicks were a little bit nervous. Now we have 4 healthy chickens living in a coop at the school. We are all very excited for them to start laying eggs so we can continue our explorations further. Every morning the learners go out to say good morning and feed the chicks. They have become a very popular addition to the school and are always referred to by their names: Bumble, Shadow, Lila and Spraddle.