The Class Hatch-Along (eggs and butterflies)! 🐥

[PippinTheChicken]

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I didn't tell you guys about this in case it didn't happen. But the eggs are here so I can finally reveal it! A local school is borrowing my incubator and is hatching 6 mixed bantam eggs and I will take the chicks!​

The Plan:
The eggs arrived late so are now due to hatch during the holidays. The school will incubate the eggs until the holidays and then I will take the incubator and hatch the chicks during the holiday. When the school opens, I'm coming in as a guest with the chicks and the kids will watch the webcam videos and play with the chicks all half of the day. After that I may attempt to get one of my broodies to adopt the chicks, otherwise I will brood them outside.

The eggs are due to hatch on the 31st.

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Class hatch sources for kids!

• I made this information booklet: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE-6S...are&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton#1
• Meyer hatchery sources: https://blog.meyerhatchery.com/free-range-freebies/

 

[PippinTheChicken]

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@Silkie Princess @AngBantamLuv @the_peanut_coop @Bakbuk @JustBabyMargo @Little Baby Bean @Iluveggers @Chickeria @Chicalina @Blue Raptor @Weeg @gimmie birdies @pekin queen @Noah P @The-White-Elephant

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Spoiler: Tag list

@Silkie Princess @AngBantamLuv @the_peanut_coop @Bakbuk @JustBabyMargo @Little Baby Bean @Iluveggers @Chickeria @Chicalina @BlueRaptor @Weeg @gimmie birdies @pekin queen @Noah P @The-White-Elephant

Thank you for the tag! Following!

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Spoiler: Tag list

@Silkie Princess @AngBantamLuv @the_peanut_coop @Bakbuk @JustBabyMargo @Little Baby Bean @Iluveggers @Chickeria @Chicalina @BlueRaptor @Weeg @gimmie birdies @pekin queen @Noah P @The-White-Elephant

I. AM HERE

 

[Weeg]

What a cool idea! This sounds like a great learning experience for the kids.
May I offer one suggestion? After the chicks hatch, I don't think its a good idea for them to be at the school all day. How old are these kids? You say they will, "Get to play with the chicks all day." To me, I think that sounds really stressful for the chicks, and possibly dangerous. They are very young a fragile animals, are the kids going to be able to touch and hold them?
I think its okay to bring them in, but I probably wouldn't let the kids hold them. Maybe you can pick one up and the kids can pet it or something. Then I would have someone come grab the chicks from you. A school is loud, noisy, chaotic, I feel like that environment would be very stressful for them.
But of course, only my opinion. Good luck with the hatch! I will be following.

 

[Silkie Princess]

What a cool idea! This sounds like a great learning experience for the kids.
May I offer one suggestion? After the chicks hatch, I don't think its a good idea for them to be at the school all day. How old are these kids? You say they will, "Get to play with the chicks all day." To me, I think that sounds really stressful for the chicks, and possibly dangerous. They are very young a fragile animals, are the kids going to be able to touch and hold them?
I think its okay to bring them in, but I probably wouldn't let the kids hold them. Maybe you can pick one up and the kids can pet it or something. Then I would have someone come grab the chicks from you. A school is loud, noisy, chaotic, I feel like that environment would be very stressful for them.
But of course, only my opinion. Good luck with the hatch! I will be following.

Agreed.

 

[Cold-Blood]

Spoiler: Tag list

@Silkie Princess @AngBantamLuv @the_peanut_coop @Bakbuk @JustBabyMargo @Little Baby Bean @Iluveggers @Chickeria @Chicalina @BlueRaptor @Weeg @gimmie birdies @pekin queen @Noah P @The-White-Elephant

Thanks for the tag!

 

[Cold-Blood]

@Blue Raptor

 

[Iluveggers]

How exciting! Can’t wait to hear how it goes!

 

[Blue Raptor]

@Blue Raptor

Thanks for the tag! This sound so fun for the kids, but I agree with Weeg- letting kids mess with newly hatched chicks might not be good.
Hope it goes well!