Our new school yard chicks!

[Maggies Pop]

We just went and picked up our new addition to our school yard! I am so excited about this program....the kids are too! I have them in the brooder at my house and tomorrow morning I will set them up in class. We got two Buckeye's, 2 Polish and 2 EE's. The EE's are about 3 wks old and the Buckeye's and Polish are 2 days old.

I feel so blessed to be able to bring chickens to our school and I am confident they will be educational as well as fun in more ways that I can possibly imagine!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Sounds like fun! Lucky kids

 

[Alethea]

It sounds like fun as well as being educational. I'd be careful about the age difference, though. You might give the wee ones a chance to grow a bit before putting them in with the older ones. Chicks grow amazingly fast.

 

[Egg Rookie 2010]

Awesome!!!!

 

[kareninthesun]

How fun!!!

 

[kab]

That sounds like so much fun for not only you but also the children.. There just isn't many things cuter than a baby chick!

 

[brahmakid11]

 

[Maggies Pop]

Thanks friends!
It's been a lot of fun. Each class adopted 2 chicks (we have combined classes), named them and had lot's of questions. It's been a fun few days, that's for sure! And the chicks are handling it pretty well. We had a no holding rule this first week so the chicks to get acclimated to their new surroundings. We will gently introduce them this week...hope everything goes well.

 

[MomKat]

Wow! Lucky students and teacher! What grade do you teach? I teach 4th, and I would love to introduce something like this to my kids!

 

[Maggies Pop]

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Hi MomKat--you should look into it. I was incredibly surprised how easy it was to get the ok. I thought it would be tough.

I don't actually teach. I am the President of the School Board and the Garden Director (which includes the chicks!). I am there enough to be put on the payroll though and probably more than some of the full time employees! lol My daughter is in 1st grade, she is in a combined K/1 class. I spend a lot of time there doing my duties and volunteering.

The Sept issue of Hobby Home has a nice article about chickens and classrooms. You should check it out. And if you get serious about wanting to do this, feel free to message me (or email me [email protected]) I will give you whatever info I have to help!