The day has finally arrived! When I got to the office yesterday, I heard the faint sound of chirping coming from the incubator. Several hours later, our first two chicks hatched! Overnight, many followed suit and we now have more than 20 here at the 4-H office! I was able to visit several classrooms yesterday and many had chicks starting to hatch as well.
As fun as today is, the 4-H Embryology project is about more than just hatching chicks! Through this project, 24 Richmond County 1st and 2nd grade classrooms have cared for eggs for the past 21 days. After the teachers attend a training with Miss Michelle, they are ready to receive equipment and eggs. During the course of the project, students learn about life cycles, agriculture, biosecurity, record keeping and more! Students have written stories, made books and completed timelines to help them learn more about the chicks and why we treat them like we do.
Farm Bureau partners with us to help ensure success of 4-H Embryology! Special thanks to them for assisting with this program.
And - since they are so fun to look at - here are pictures of some of our chicks!
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2 comments:
Congratulations on being a chick mom! What a great project and I know they will have a wonderful home to go to when they get too noisy. Hope they all hatch...can't wait to hear how many you got!
Shea Ann
Heath and his class (Mrs. Kay Smith) had a great time watching the chicks hatch and dry out, etc. every afternoon i get an update. what a gre learning experience, especially since will be getting some chickens this spring! Thanks for providing this experience! you are doing a great job, Michelle!
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