Homeschool project in the making

[allentown6]

Our original plan was to build an incubator and hatch a few chicks then find them a new home. Well after spending hours here on BYC I started thinking maybe we should consider keeping them. Of course the kids overheard the debate with my husband and have practically made the decision for us. I see chickens in our future. Our incubator is built now we just have to find eggs to hatch. Any helpful hints are appreciated.

ETA - Forgot to introduce myself...I'm Bernice, from Northwestern Wisconsin, wife to a great man, mom to 4 kiddos & 1 dog.

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

There is lots of good info in the Learning Center

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Bernice, and

! Happy you joined us! Also check out the Incubating/Hatching thread below. My one bit of advice is to try and get your hatching eggs locally and not by mail. The hatch rate is drastically reduced when the eggs are sent through the mail. Good luck to you!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[Tomtommom]

I'm more and more thinking about home schooling. My son is only 14 months old, but my step-son is turning 5 next week.. I am just not sure if he's ready for 'big kids school' (or rather, if I am ready to hand him over to the mind corruption). And frankly, the schools here suck. I used to work as a cashier, then as manager, and all my co-workers always came to me whenever they had to count back change... So sad. "OMG, I hit $20, but they gave me $10, what do I do?" I really don't want my kids to become like that... I am Dutch, English is my second language.. and yet, my English skills are better.

Anyway..

We got chickens for the first time this year and I feel I am teaching him lots about life, while his preschool is teaching him to shut up and write his name 20 times.

Keep the chickens.. they are a valuable lesson in so many ways. You can incorporate a ton of lessons! (I am teaching my step-son about edible 'weeds' that we can feed to the chickens, about different bugs which we also feed to the chickens, he learns about roosters and hens, anatomy of birds, cooking with eggs etc.) We also have a vegetable garden, and we have started a compost pile. It all works together so nicely

 

[liz9910]

 

[allentown6]

Thanks for the welcomes!

@Tomtommom - I love homeschooling! My kids are learning to love learning, rather than how to stand in line and walk single file. It's also great way for me to learn lots of new things too.

 

[Tomtommom]

That's what I like about it, it would get ME more involved and educated.

My step-son has terrible behavioral issues that were a lot less when I had him with me doing chores around the house. He actually knows how to sort laundry, load the washer, the dryer (even empties the lint filter... I forget half the time)

What TEENAGE boy knows that? And he's four.

Now he's going fulltime to head start and he's worse than before.

He's so eager to learn, he just can't focus on the things they want him to focus on.. like writing his name x amount of times per day.

Sadly, I'm only a step parent... I have little say in the matter. School bureacracy is driving me batty though.


He loves his chickens though, and his garden. He's so proud of that!