Hatching in Classrooms

[calichicken]

I am surprised that she would be allowed to use a home made incubator in the class room due to liability issues. But, if she can, and you've had good success with it, that would be great. My first experience with incubation was when I took bantam and goose eggs into school as a 6th grader. Had 100% hatch on the bantam eggs, and one of the goose eggs exploded, (all over my clothes) causing the school to have to evacuate that wing for the rest of the day due to the stench.

Oh no!!!! I have never had an egg explosion

I have the standard school issue Styrofoam still air incubators but they have worked great for me for years now! I love hatching with my class

 

[Faraday40]

If you can get an auto egg turner, the weekends will not be a problem. Best day to start classroom eggs is on a Wed.

The 2 ways I've found to hatch eggs in the classroom are:
1. Borrow a teaching kit (incubator / egg turner & lesson plans) from a local source. For us, our county Agricultural office has an education dept that loans out incubation kits. Some state (or county) 4H branches also have similar units. If you're near a university, they may also have an incubator you may borrow. If you're very lucky, someone in your school district may already have an incubator.

2. Creative grant writing. There's all kinds of funds available to teachers if you can submit a request to the right people. Egg incubation can be used for health class (embryo development), agriculture grant (poultry), general science (data recording skills, scientific method), etc. I once got a clean water grant to purchase a mini koi pond for my classroom so we could do an annual study. Basically, you have to ask what kinds of grant proposals they are looking for & gear your request towards that. (ie- the DNR wanted to fund something to promote the clean water act, so my idea of testing water quality in the classroom pond was enough to grab attention.) My school district once gave me a grant to pay for 1/2 of my expenses for a graduate class in Belize & Guatemala. (Mayan temples & Tropical rain forest studies) Our school district wanted to add more about the Ancient North American Cultures to the 6th grade curriculum. I offered to climb a couple Mayan temples, visit a few archaeological sites, & learn a little about the culture while I went there to study animal adaptations for my science curriculum.

Side note: I miss those days of my youth. I was in the process of submitting my paperwork to our district for an earth sci grant to study volcanoes (Project LAVA = Learning About Volcanic Activity), when I discovered I was pregnant. Hiking around volcanoes while pregnant & clumsy no longer sounded appealing. My new adventures as a mom had begun!

 

[coachYania]

I am surprised that she would be allowed to use a home made incubator in the class room due to liability issues.  But, if she can, and you've had good success with it, that would be great.  My first experience with incubation was when I took bantam and goose eggs into school as a 6th grader.  Had 100% hatch on the bantam eggs, and one of the goose eggs exploded, (all over my clothes) causing the school to have to evacuate that wing for the rest of the day due to the stench.

Actually her class just moved to that school, she use to be in another town,glad the moved it to my town now. It is a special ed class, she was going to find out with principal, and asked me about the details, I didn't know they weren't allow to have home made, but it make sense, thanks. OMG, so sorry about your experience, but I have to admit that it made me laugh, but at that moment it must have been terrible! I am on day 20 tonight, my 7 years old has asperger, he is very excited! He keeps asking me to send pictures and text to his teachers, they talk about it in school.

 

[coachYania]

If you can get an auto egg turner, the weekends will not be a problem.  Best day to start classroom eggs is on a Wed.

The 2 ways I've found to hatch eggs in the classroom are: 
1. Borrow a teaching kit (incubator / egg turner & lesson plans) from a local source.  For us, our county Agricultural office has an education dept that loans out incubation kits.  Some state (or county) 4H branches also have similar units.  If you're near a university, they may also have an incubator you may borrow. If you're very lucky, someone in your school district may already have an incubator.

2. Creative grant writing.  There's all kinds of funds available to teachers if you can submit a request to the right people. Egg incubation can be used for health class (embryo development), agriculture grant (poultry), general science (data recording skills, scientific method), etc.  I once got a clean water grant to purchase a mini koi pond for my classroom so we could do an annual study.  Basically, you have to ask what kinds of grant proposals they are looking for & gear your request towards that.  (ie- the DNR wanted to fund something to promote the clean water act, so my idea of testing water quality in the classroom pond was enough to grab attention.)  My school district once gave me a grant to pay for 1/2 of my expenses for a graduate class in Belize & Guatemala. (Mayan temples & Tropical rain forest studies)  Our school district wanted to add more about the Ancient North American Cultures to the 6th grade curriculum. I offered to climb a couple Mayan temples, visit a few archaeological sites, & learn a little about the culture while I went there to study animal adaptations for my science curriculum.

Side note: I miss those days of my youth.  I was in the process of submitting my paperwork to our district for an earth sci grant to study volcanoes (Project LAVA = Learning About Volcanic Activity), when I discovered I was pregnant.  Hiking around volcanoes while pregnant & clumsy no longer sounded appealing.  My new adventures as a mom had begun!

Thanks! Gonna pass the info to her! She teach special ed students from kindergarten to 2nd grade in the same class, they are 8 kids and i know they would love to see baby chicks hatching

 

[lazy gardener]

Actually her class just moved to that school, she use to be in another town,glad the moved it to my town now. It is a special ed class, she was going to find out with principal, and asked me about the details, I didn't know they weren't allow to have home made, but it make sense, thanks. OMG, so sorry about your experience, but I have to admit that it made me laugh, but at that moment it must have been terrible! I am on day 20 tonight, my 7 years old has asperger, he is very excited! He keeps asking me to send pictures and text to his teachers, they talk about it in school.

They may get away with it if it is inspected to be sure the electrical components don't present an electrical hazard.

 

[calichicken]

Actually her class just moved to that school, she use to be in another town,glad the moved it to my town now. It is a special ed class, she was going to find out with principal, and asked me about the details, I didn't know they weren't allow to have home made, but it make sense, thanks. OMG, so sorry about your experience, but I have to admit that it made me laugh, but at that moment it must have been terrible! I am on day 20 tonight, my 7 years old has asperger, he is very excited! He keeps asking me to send pictures and text to his teachers, they talk about it in school.

How exciting! Good luck with your hatch

I also have a special education pre-k/kinder class and they are so excited to hatch

What are you hatching?

 

[coachYania]

How exciting! Good luck with your hatch  I also have a special education pre-k/kinder class and they are so excited to hatch  What are you hatching?

I got some chicken eggs from a farm, not idea of the breed, I had my first pip today, but looks like malpositioned, hope he make it!

 

[Faraday40]

I got some chicken eggs from a farm, not idea of the breed, I had my first pip today, but looks like malpositioned, hope he make it!

Very exciting. BTW- those backyard mix eggs are what got me started in chickens. I always had hatched leghorns. Cute but skittish little things. After 1-2 weeks, they wee donated to a farm. The rainbow egg assortment we hatched produced the most loving chicks. I ended up keeping a few & building a backyard coop. They are still with me.

 

[Faraday40]

The pip is in a strange spot, but I've had some make it. if it more than 24 hours pass with no progress, you may want to check for signs of life by tapping. If the peeping inside the eggs starts getting weaker, you could try an assisted hatch. (Read about it 1st & make sure there are no kids around. It's only used as a very last resort when you're sure the chick will not make it out.. If you're wrong & the chick didn't need help, you could easily cause death.) I have assisted a few and they have lived.

 

[coachYania]

The pip is in a strange spot, but I've had some make it.  if it more than 24 hours pass with no progress, you may want to check for signs of life by tapping.  If the peeping inside the eggs starts getting weaker, you could try an assisted hatch.  (Read about it 1st & make sure there are no kids around.  It's only used as a very last resort when you're sure the chick will not make it out..  If you're wrong & the chick didn't need help, you could easily cause death.)  I have assisted a few and they have lived.

thanks, I hope I don't have to, I would be scare to death

, no more movement or pip in that or other eggs.