Chickens in Kindergarten!
During science in Kindergarten every year, we get to hatch
baby chickens.
We usually have them in the back of the
classroom so we can look at them every day. However, this
year, it will be a little different – Mrs. Brock and Mrs. Robbins
have them in their basement! We got the eggs from Mrs.
Delahoyde and this is what they looked like...
Do you notice anything? Are they the
same color as the eggs you eat? They
look just like the eggs we get at the
store, but these eggs are fertilized,
which means – if we put them in an
incubator, baby chicks will hatch!
Here is a picture of an incubator.
A hen will sit on her eggs and turn her
eggs every day. Since Mrs. Brock and Mrs.
Robbins don’t think they should have a
chicken in their basement sitting on her
nest of eggs, this incubator will keep the
eggs warm and also turn them. We put the
eggs in the incubator on April 15th. It takes 21 days for the
baby chick to grow inside the egg. Look at your calendar.
Start at April 15th and count 21 days. What day is it? This will
be the day the baby chicks should hatch.
Here is what the eggs look like in the incubator.
Next week, our learning guide will include some
Life Science activities with the life cycle of a
chicken. For now, we have these really cool eggs
that show how the chicken grows and changes
inside the egg.
Take a look at the pictures below! These
pictures show the first 7 days of the chick
development.