Which came first… the chicken or the egg? Students in our elementary school are learning the answer to the age-old question first hand. Mrs. McCarthy’s third-graders (above) are enjoying the company of eight baby chickens of different varieties. The class has been learning about the care of baby chicks and adult chickens as well as studying the potential health problems and unique qualities of the various breeds. Each day the students take time to care for the chicks, preparing them to go home to roost in Mrs. McCarthy’s backyard!
Meanwhile, Mrs. Hoover’s fourth-graders are anxiously awaiting the hatching of 27 chicken eggs currently being incubated in their classroom (below, left). The highly-anticipated due date is Tuesday, June 5. Students use charts to track what is happening each day inside the eggs which came from broods of chickens hatched in Mrs. Hoover’s previous classes.
Just down the hall, Mrs. Capito’s first-graders have some feathered friends who are a little father along. The fourteen fuzzy chicks (below, right) are baby quail who hatched last week and are already growing quickly.
