It has been wonderful to see how caring and respectful the children have been during the hatching process. They remembered the importance of observing and not touching! We talked about how the chicks hatch and how they had an ‘egg tooth’ at the end of their beaks to help. The children could see this on the chicks too! On Wednesday, the children were lucky enough to witness chick number three being hatched which was an incredible experience. We ended the week with 8 chicks- two boys and six girls. The children learnt that to be able to tell if they are boys or girls, they had to look at the feather colouring. The brownish coloured chicks are the girls and the bright yellow are the boys.
Sadly two of the chicks did not hatch but we will sensitively talk to the children about this tomorrow as an important part of life.
Next week, we hope to get the children more involved in a hands on way with caring for the chicks. They will be cleaning the brooder box, feeding the chicks and hopefully being able to hold them if they are happy for it to happen.
