The last day!

It's the last day of the blog, we hope you have enjoyed it. The female chicks, which will become hens, have all found homes in and around Putney, with families from school. The male chicks will become cockerels and they are being given to a children's farm in London. The chicks have bought a lot of happiness to the school and we hope we have chicks again next year!

Today the chicks have grown more feathers on their wings and they are looking cuter than ever .Their fluff is coming off and they are not so fluffy now! This is their last full day at the nursery, we are quite sad.

Wednesday 26th May 2010

The chicks visited Reception and we asked the children what they thought of the chicks.

One little girl said "They were sweet". The chicks have started to groom themselves and are more active and less sleepy. A boy in Reception said "They are very cute!"

Tuesday 25th May 2010

The chicks are getting more feathers on the end of their wings.They are getting a lot less sleepy and they are always hungry.They are nibbling on breadsticks, number 6 which did not hatch is buried in the school garden.

Over the weekend the chicks have grown feathers on their wings. The chicks came to visit Year 3 today! We were allowed to hold them, some people got to stroke them and some people got to put food in their hands for the chicks to eat!

Look at the feathers beginning to grow on the bottom of their wings!

Year 3 really enjoyed their visit from the chicks!

All nine hatched chicks have now been transferred into the brooding pen. Sadly we don't think the last egg, number six is going to hatch. The other nine are looking really healthy and have been standing on and eating out of Ms Dickens hand. As we are writing the blog Ms Dickens is cleaning out the brooding pen.

Absoluteley amazing!

9 eggs have hatched since we last posted! Yesterday at 1.45pm number 3 poked his beak out of a hole made in the shell. Cracks appeared in eggs 1 and 4 and then 7,8,9 and 6 were hatching!

1.55pm Chick number 3 broke off more shell

2.39pm Chick 3 hatched from shell

3.50pm Chick 1 begins pipping (pecking at the shell)

4.00pm Chick 1 hatched

Overnight 3 more chicks hatched and then this morning Miss Burley, Denise from the kitchen and Karrie saw even more.

When Y2 were visiting the chicks in the nursery this morning another one, number 9 out 10 hatched. Ms Dickens has transferred 5 chicks into the heated brooding pen where they have started pecking and left four behind with the last remaining unhatched egg to encourage it to come out!

There has been so much exciting activity in 24 hours. We have had such a huge success as we were told to expect about a third of the eggs to hatch.

Here is a photograph of the chicks that hatched first in the brooding pen:

Here is a video of the chicks in the brooding pen:

Egg number 3 is starting to crack and move. Egg number 10 has completly rolled over. Number 5 is is starting to move. The tempreture is 37 degrees celcius . Egg number 6 has not cracked yet but it is moving!

This is a picture of egg number 3 showing the small crack.

Here are all the eggs in the incubator

Tuesday 18th May 2010

The eggs are now 20 days old - they should start hatching tomorrow, when they are 21 days old!


The eggs still haven't hatched but we think that number 5 is moving. Ms Dickens is checking the temperature & humidity, the temperature is 34 degrees celcius.



This is a picture of the eggs in the incubator.

Monday 17th May 2010

The eggs are here! There are ten, but none have hatched yet. After waiting for them all day, they finally came at 3.20pm by taxi! The lady set them up and set up their house, right now they are in the incubator.

Egg Diary!

The eggs have arrived!