Day 20

It's day 20 and I now take up all of the space inside my egg except for the air cell. One more day...let the hatching begin!!

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Day 19

Hey guys!  It's day 19 and my yolk sac is beginning to be absorbed into my body.  Also, I am able to communicate with my brothers and sisters. Listen closely!!

Day 18

Today, day 18, is an exciting day because we can be heard cheeping inside the egg now that our beaks are in the air cell. You might want to go online and listen to see if you can hear us. We have only 3 more days until we hatch!

Day 17

Today is day 17.  My beak is turned toward the air cell so I can peck the membrane and begin breathing air.

Day 16

On day 16 my scales, claws and beak have become firm and rough in texture. Feather now cover my body.

Day 15

Today is day 15 and I am continuing to grow and get stronger.   Only another week until I hatch!

Day 14

Hey!  It's Easter here. Today I am going to move so that my head is towards the large end of the egg so it's easier for me to break the shell when I hatch.

Day 13

Today is day 13 in my journey. My eyelids have formed and so have my claws. My legs are fully formed.

Day 12

Today my legs are almost fully developed and scales are beginning to form on my legs and feet. I finally am starting to look like a chick but, I need to grow in size to fill the egg.

Day 11

Today is day 11 and I am halfway through my journey from egg to chick. :)  My legs and wings are extending and my tail feathers are beginning to appear.

Day 10

Today is day 10 in my development. My feathers continue to grow and my beak is beginning to harden.

Day 9

Today is day 9. My feathers are still forming and I can open my open mouth now!  Soon you may be able to hear me chirping.

Day 8

Today is day 8.  My down feathers are beginning to form and I continue to gain weight.  I weigh a little over a full gram now!

Day 7

Today is day 7 in my development. My beak is continuing to grow and I weigh a little over half a gram.  That means I am still very small.

Day 6

Hi!  It's Easter!  Today is day 6 and guess what?  My beak and egg tooth are beginning to form. Remember...I will use my egg tooth to peck my way out of the egg when it's time to hatch . I can't wait to see you all at school tomorrow!

Day 5

Today is day 5 and I can finally tell you if I am a boy or a girl. And the answer is...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

 

 

I'm a girl!

 

Day 4

Today is day 4. I'm still hanging out and growing every day.

Day 3

Today is day 3 of my development. My nose, legs and wings are beginning to form.

Day 2

Today is day 2 in my development and you can begin to see the red tubes forming that carry food and air to me inside the eggshell. My heart and my ears are beginning to form.

Special Delivery

 

The eggs have arrived!

  

Hello!  My name is Easter the chick. My brothers and sisters and I just arrived at Lakeview Elementary.  I can't wait for you to go through our life cycle journey with us!!

  Today is day 1  and this is what I look like inside my eggshell. My head and eyes are beginning to form. 

Farmer Duke provides a great tour of his hen house along with great explanations of why farmers use certain tools. Our first grade farmers watched this today to get more background knowledge of chicken coops. We will use this as we plan our designs for our chicken coop PBL in science. The link will ask you to click on it again and will open a new page in You Tube. Feel free to leave comments on the blog!

 

 

 

Thank you for being patient with us as we wait for our new eggs to arrive. Meanwhile, check out this You Tube video we are watching to learn about chicken coops. Farmer Duke and his grandkids are raising chickens and explaining the parts of the chicken coop.

 

 

 

This last Wednesday night we had a late night thunderstorm. This caused a power outage at our school from around 2:30am till about 7:10am. Our chick eggs are in an incubator and were without heat for an extended amount of time. It is important that our incubator stay at 99 to 101 degrees for the full 21 days of the chick life cycle. We will be receiving new chick eggs soon and will begin the process of documenting and observing again. We will update again when our eggs arrive!

Today is day 8.  My down feathers are beginning to form and I continue to gain weight.  I weigh a little over a full gram now!

Today is day 7 in my development. My beak is continuing to grow and I weigh a little over half a gram.  That means I am still very small.

Hi!  It's Eggbert!  Today is day 6 and guess what?  My beak and egg tooth are beginning to form. Remember...I will use my egg tooth to peck my way out of the egg when it's time to hatch .

Today is day 5 and I can finally tell you if I am a boy or a girl. And the answer is...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

I am going to be a rooster when I grow up!

Today is day 4. I'm still hanging out and growing every day.

Today is day 3 of my development. My nose, legs and wings are beginning to form

Today is day 2 in my development and you can begin to see the red tubes forming that carry food and air to me inside the eggshell. My heart and my ears are beginning to form.

Hello!  My name is Eggbert the chick. My brothers and sisters and I just arrived at Lakeview Elementary.  I can't wait for you to go through our life cycle journey with us!!

  Today is day 1  and this is what I look like inside my eggshell. My head and eyes are beginning to form. 

2017 Chicks Have Arrived!

Farmer Bryan has a dilemma! Click on the video to find out how you can help!