24th March 2010: Charlie Cheep Cheep hatched at about 4.30pm. Just look at me now! Charlie on Thursday 25th March. Chick number 2: Charlie helps baby brother 'Chirpy' to come out of his shell - approximately 2am Thursday 25th March. Click on the image to watch the 'eggsiting' video of Chirpy hatching! Click on the camera to see some of the digital photographs that the children took of our eggs and chicks... 5 warm eggs in an incubator... This is the song we have been singing when we have been looking at the chicks in the incubator... (it's really good for working out one more / less and ways to make 5). Click the play button above to sing along.... 5 warm eggs in an incubator Tippy-tippy-tap and a little bit later Broken shell in the incubator 1 little chicken on the floor 4 warm eggs in an incubator Tippy-tippy-tap and a little bit later Broken shell in the incubator 2 little chickens on the floor 3 warm eggs in an incubator Tippy-tippy-tap and a little bit later Broken shell in the incubator 3 little chickens on the floor 2 warm eggs in an incubator Tippy-tippy-tap and a little bit later Broken shell in the incubator 4 little chickens on the floor 1 warm egg in an incubator Tippy-tippy-tap and a little bit later Broken shell in the incubator 5 little chickens on the floor The secret diary of our chicks aged 0-2 1/2 days old! Click on the image to the left to see the changes we observed in our chicks... Haven't we grown?! These were our chicks on their last day with us (31st March). Click on the image to see a video of them in action! Watching the chicks... During the Easter holidays some of the teachers and teaching assistants (and lunchtime supervisors!) took it in turns to watch, feed and clean the chicks... click on the link to look at their photographs... Time to say goodbye... Sadly, on Wednesday 31st March, it was time to say goodbye to our chicks as Alison from chickenkeeper.co.uk came to take them back to her farm. She told us lots more about how the chicks grow and even how to tell if they are cockerels or hens (looks like Chas might be Charlene as we had 3 cockerels and 2 hens!) Spot the difference? The hen on the left has longer, thinner legs and slender toes. The cockerel on the right has shorter, stubby legs and wide toes! And off they go.... check out Alison's numberplate! You can find out more about hiring incubators at: http://www.chickenkeeper.co.uk Eggstra, eggstra, read all about it!! Did you know that our chicks are famous? Look at what made front page news of the midweek Herald...