Here They Come Again!

For the second time this year, something special is growing in my office, and in 23 classrooms in Richmond County! No - it's not mold - it's baby chickens! Teachers and students at Mineral Springs, Washington Street and West Rockingham Elementary Schools are getting their chance to participate in the 4-H Embryology Project!



The growing embryos are on about Day 14/15 of their development. By this point, the embryos are taking up more and more of the egg and have absorbed nearly all of the albumen (or white/clear stuff in the egg). They have feathers over their body & now begin to "look" like a baby chick.

Students have been taking very good care of the eggs, which includes turning the eggs everyday, making sure there is water in the incubator, recording temperature and humidity, and making sure that the incubators is out of direct drafts. We are visiting the classrooms to practice safe handwashing with the 1st graders and chat with the 2nd graders about general agriculture before the babies arrive.

You can check out pictures of the candled eggs be clicking here! We'll be sure to add some more pictures when the babies arrive, which should be about this time next week.

Happy Hatching!