An Incubator Full of Eggs ~ Experiencing the Life Cycle of a Chicken

At our little yellow school, our students are fortunate to be able to experience the life cycle of plants in our very own pumpkin patch and vegetable garden.  This academic term, the children will also be experiencing the life cycle of a chicken.

During the last weeks of January, we received an incubator full of chicken eggs from a local farm.

The automatic turner (the black box visible in the picture) turns the eggs five times per day.

The children enjoy monitoring the daily progress of the eggs daily.

The children are keeping track of the days until the eggs hatch on a calendar.

We will stop turning the eggs on February 5.  The eggs are set to hatch during the week of February 6.  We will post pictures of the baby chicks when they hatch.