Our Class Blog

Tuesday ~ Day 2

Pipping has begun. This is when the chicks begin to tap their way through the shell of the egg. Even though you can’t see them yet, if you listen carefully you can hear little chirping sounds. It is really funny to watch the eggs inside the incubator wobbling about as the chicks try to break the shell. Eggs 2, 6 and 8 are moving the most. How much longer? Which will be first? We can’t wait!

Newsflash
This afternoon we noticed that eggs 3 and 5 have both got cracks! Just before the end of school number 5 pushed a tiny bit of shell away! Through the hole we can see a beak!!

Newsflash
It is 3.50 pm and 5 minutes ago (3.45pm) our first chick was born. Sadly the children have all gone home but I have taken some photographs and a short film for them to watch tomorrow.
The egg already had a small hole which gradually made a crack around the egg. Suddenly, the chick pushed the shell apart and it fell into two halves. The chick was exhausted and lay really still for a few seconds breathing heavily, then it tried to stand up and fell over! It was really wet to begin with but the warm air inside the incubator is now beginning to dry it’s body.
Miss Dunnell.