CHICKEN LIFE

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CHICKEN LIFE

• PICTURE OF THE HATCHED CHICKENS FROM POSTER

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OUR NEW ARRIVALS

• On Monday 20th October, the chickens arrived in
  2CC. There were 3 chickens that had already
  cracked out of their egg and 19 eggs still
  waiting to hatch. Danny brought 2 incubators for
  the 19 eggs and 1 Big house for the chickens
  after they have come out of the egg.

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INSIDE THE EGG PART 1

• This is a picture of an egg 10 days after
  fertilisation. As you can see many parts of the
  chicken have begun to form. You can see the eye
  and the blood vessels that feed the chicken.

Photo courtesy of IM Incubators
http//www.incubatorsandmore.com.au
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INSIDE THE EGG PART 2

• This is an egg on day 15. You can see that the
  feathers have grown and the yolk is getting
  smaller. The chicken has also grown its beak and
  claws.

Photo courtesy of IM Incubators
http//www.incubatorsandmore.com.au
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Breaking the Shell

• The chickens have a special tooth on the end of
  their beak to help them to break open the shell.
  This tooth is called an egg tooth. The shell is
  very hard to crack and the chickens have to have
  rests while theyre hatching.

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HATCHING CHICKENS

• Chickens are in the egg for 21-22 days before
  they hatch. When the chickens arrived they had
  been in the egg for 19 days. On Tuesday the first
  egg hatched in the incubator. The incubator is
  set at 37 degrees so that the chickens feel like
  theyre under their mum.

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In the Incubator

• After the chicken is hatched it is wet and very
  tired. It has to stay in the incubator for a few
  hours until its feathers are dry and it has had
  a rest.

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The Egg Shell

• This is an egg after the chicken has hatched out.
  You can see some of the yolk is still in the
  egg. The blood vessels carry the yolk, which is
  the food, to the chicken while it is in the egg.

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Growing Chickens

• This picture is of a chicken that hatched 5 days
  before it arrived in 2CC. This chicken has
  already got new feathers and its egg tooth is
  smaller than when it hatched out of the egg.
  When the chickens are 6 months old they can begin
  to breed themselves.

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Time to say Goodbye!

• On Friday 24th October, the chickens left our
  classroom.When they left, 17 eggs had hatched, 1
  died and 2 eggs still hadnt cracked at all. The
  chickens were noisy but cute and we really
  enjoyed and learnt a lot from having them in our
  classroom.