Science Project

Zane's science teacher brought an incubator to school and Zane brought eggs from the farm and they've been patiently waiting to see if chickens would hatch. The eggs were scheduled to hatch this weekend, so he brought the incubator home on Thursday after school. His teacher told him that "your mom will know what to do with it since she grew up at the hatchery"!! Dad had a chicken hatchery and feed store for 30 years and we grew up helping at the hatchery. All weekend Zane's been closely watching the incubator and yesterday we could see that there were a couple that were trying to peck their way out of the eggs--every once in awhile we could hear them chirping! This morning there are two chickens in the incubator! They're going back to school with him this morning!

Chickens in the incubator - May 9, 2011

Just hatched!