Mr. Zupin and the students wash their hands
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Mr.
Zupin's Notes: The P. T. O. brought the incubator April 23,
1999 for $50. That May we hatched a few eggs in Mr. Kudlack's room, and
we've been involved in hatching eggs ever since. There were a few years
we did it both at Onekama and Arcadia. Every year we have had at least a
few chickens hatch in a variety of colors. One spring we hatched a few
pheasant eggs. Every year the children really seem to enjoy the process
by getting to put the X-O on the eggs, taking turns turning the eggs
daily, the candling of the eggs to see the little chickens moving inside
of the eggs, and finally seeing the newly hatched chicks. It usually
takes 21 days to hatch the eggs. The eggs are turned 3 times daily. The
temperature is kept between 99-103, and the humidity is kept around
about 60-70. After hatching, the little chickens are kept at school
about 2 weeks before they go home with the students in the class who
talk their Mother and Dad into having a family addition.
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