It's Day 14 - our little chicks are developing their skulls, beaks, and claws. Their egg tooth, which is used to help them break out of their shell, hardens around this time, too. We've also been learning about how all animals have specific external characteristics to help them survive. Today we labeled the external parts of the chick, so watching these external features develop inside of the egg is super cool!
Yesterday, we candled our little eggs for the 2nd and final time. And WOW, it's crazy how fast they've grown! As you can see from our chart below, we continue to have mostly "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinners", and most of our "Yolkers" became Winners, too! However, we did see a handful of Quitters, but we are staying positive and are keeping our fingers crossed that we will have LOTS of little chicks hatching out of their eggs! The duck eggs take longer to incubate, so we will have to wait on them :)
Do you see how the egg above is bright yellow? Yes, there is a dark spot, but that is just the yolk. We don't see any veins or any sign of a chick, so this egg was marked down as a Quitter.
But as you can see from the picture above, the little chicks that are developing within their eggs are starting to fill up their space! We see lots of veins, a definite dark area, and even movement - take a look at the videos below!
We can't wait to meet our little chicks :)
Stay tuned for more updates!!!
- Mrs. Thorne's Class
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