Today we had the amazing experience of cracking open the eggs that hadn't hatched and looking at them under the microscope. My first egg was rotten and splashed all over my arm. My second egg was cool, the embryo had started to grow and died at about day 7. There were about five fully grown chicks that hadn't hatched, we think their sacks may have gone dry. One looked as though it had even tried to get out.
After we finished, we buried the remains in the orchard. It was an awesome learning experience, we loved it.
On a more positive note, our eleven chicks are doing really well, living under a heat lamp in our classroom and cheeping away happily all day. We love to pick them up and cuddle them! Our classroom is always full of visitors and we are enjoying showing off our new babies.
By Pascoe Wells.
I wonder what kind of coop we are going to have? Nice. blog ,loved cracking the eggs
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wow, thats so interesting! I can just imagine how bad they smell!
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