Our little guy quit at about day 13-14 (as far as I can tell). We waited till about day 24 to open him up... it wasn't great, but a good experience for all. We're still hoping to get some more eggs, but it'll have to be next year as this school year is almost done. Thanks for all your advice and...
I can't even stand that level of cuteness! How small are those quails? Yes, our chicken is RIDICULOUSLY spoiled - here's a pic from today of some of my students vying for her attention with food.
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We're a tiny Christian school on Maui with a burgeoning chicken farm. Right now we only have one hen, and one egg incubating. We can't wait to get more! Our hen is by far the best school pet we have ever had. :)
Okay so we candled our egg on Saturday night, and it had the distinct spider-looking embryo that it is supposed to! I'm going to re-candle it with my students today, I hope to see a little growth! :D
Hi, we are the proud owners of one hen at our school; but today we went on a field trip and found 3 eggs under a tree. They were coldish (It's Maui, and was 73 degrees) but I think they had been laid today. We candled them, and couldn't really see anything so I finally broke one open. It was...