What's Inside?

[Bec]

What's inside of that tiny eggshell? A new baby chick, this story will tell!

Day 1
Baby chick, baby chick, when will you hatch?
Did you begin with this little white patch?

Day 3
You're very tiny but warm as can be.
Your heart and your head we begin to see.

Day 6
More days for growing, almost a week!
You now have two wings, two legs and a beak!

Day 13
Soon you have feathers and claws on your toes,
Oh my! How fast a new baby chick grows!

Day 16
Bigger and bigger you grow every day.
Your food's almost gone, not long can you stay!

Day 19
This shell is too small, you're too big to fit.
You're just about ready to hatch out of it!

Day 21
Peck for a while, then take a short sleep.
You work very hard and you're out! Peep peep!

** This is a story that my daughter brought home from her 1st grade class. They hatched out some babies and learned all about it! (Like she didn't already know

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[silkieroo]

Thats such a cute little ryme! My sis is hatching eggs in her class but i doubt they will hatch....The teacher is cluless.

 

[Bec]

My daughters was lucky, the University comes and brings and incubator, lets it set up for a few days and then brings in the ready to hatch eggs. Really no science to it! They just get to see them hatch I guess, but I get free babies every spring! Nice breeds too!

 

[gryeyes]

Thank you for sharing this poem! Clever and adorable, at the same time.