Purplemaniacs Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 At the beginning of the week an incubator and ten eggs arrived in the classroom. Yesterday morning 4 had pipped. Just after lunch one hatched and just after afternoon play another hatched all watched by the children. It was a true wow moment. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 That's absolutely brilliant. In my opinion that's the sort of thing primary schools should be doing. Just giving children an interest in life and a desire to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Oh that sounds so wonderful! A primary school in my town used to hatch eggs from their own flock of chickens. They have a nice big coop and run with a number of ladies. They used to have a cockerel as well, but last year the council installed a cockerel ban. So they had to get rid of their cockerel and if they want to hatch, have to buy the eggs now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 At the beginning of the week an incubator and ten eggs arrived in the classroom. Yesterday morning 4 had pipped. Just after lunch one hatched and just after afternoon play another hatched all watched by the children. It was a true wow moment. Chrissie Do you mind me asking, what happens to the little guys that hatch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Well nine out of the ten eggs hatched, one I did help out of the egg because he had struggled for over a day,initially I didn't think he would survive but he did and after a week it was difficult to tell him from the others. The people who supply the eggs and the equipment come and collect the equipment along with the chicks when they are about 10 days old. They say they go to a lovely farm to live happily but I am afraid I do have my doubts whether this is true. But you can keep the chicks if you can rehome them and this is what happened this year, a friend of one of the parents has a farm and was happy to take all nine. We only had 2 girls and 7 boys but she had a large farm and thought they would all find their own little groups. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
