The Hatch Has Begun

We had our first chick hatch this morning! Most of the kids were lucky enough to see our first chick hatch out of its egg as they came into the classroom first thing this morning. We have several other chicks beginning to poke their beaks out of their shells so we hope that tomorrow there will be some friends for our first chick! Please come visit them on Friday when we have our chick celebration. We are very excited to show off the chicks as well as the great projects we have completed during our chick hatch unit. Below are some photos of our first chick entering the world! He has spent his first day between sleeping and running around the other eggs making lots of noise encouraging his friends to come out! The glare in some of the photos is from the lid to the incubator. We leave the incubator closed to keep the hot, moist air in while the chicks are doing their work hatching. Once they are dry and fluffy we will move them to a big tank where they can run around.