hatching chicken eggs for school project Archives

30 06, 2023

More Chicks

By judythemorgan|2023-06-20T12:47:37-05:00June 30th, 2023|Uncategorized|1 Comment

A Blog by Chicken Wrangler Sara

Rachel helped a third-grade class at her school hatch chicks this spring. She procured the eggs, monitored the process, and found homes for the chicks once they hatched.

One of those homes was Miller Farm. They lived in the brooder for a while.

Eventually, they outgrew the brooder and were ready to join the rest of the flock. I neglected to check the fence for escape hatches and the chick managed to wander into the neighbor’s yard.

I fixed that gap and they found another one and began to explore our backyard.

I think I have secured the chicken yard.

The good news is it looks like most of the chicks are hens. We can always use more chicken eggs!

30 04, 2021

Hatch Day

By judythemorgan|2021-04-29T08:48:15-05:00April 30th, 2021|Friday on the Miller Farm, Miller Farm Friday|1 Comment

A Blog by Chicken Wrangler Sara

The school where I teach has several classes that are hatching chicks this spring. This includes the 4^th grade class where I eat lunch every day. The students have been counting the days and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first chick.

This happened yesterday.

They were all very excited to share this news with me and I must confess I was just as excited to see the new chick. We’ve hatched many chicks but it is still amazing to see them just out of their shell.

The students were served chicken sandwiches for lunch. They were very careful to keep their food away from the chick so as not to upset it.

I found that very thoughtful.

I got a message from a friend last night who had taken some of our duck eggs to hatch. This also happened yesterday.