Chirp! Crack! Chirp!

By Brendan

This year Mr. K’s kindergarten class hatched eggs. One of those kindergartners was Connor L.
   
It was a exciting start. Mr. Zupin gave them all the eggs. When Connor first saw the eggs he thought they were cool. The eggs were brown and white. The first thing they do with the eggs is put X's and O's on them. They do that so they can turn them over so one side won’t overheat. They turn them twice a day. An incubator is a box that keeps them warm. Candling is when you put a light up to the egg so you can see inside. Then Connor said, ”Yeah I seen baby chicks inside.” The chicks survive by eating the yoke. Connor could not wait for them to hatch.

Chirp! Crack! Chirp! After 21 days of waiting the eggs finally hatched. When the chicks hatched Connor was very excited. There were coins in the foods and water so they knew where to eat and drink. Connor said, ”They eat tiny balls of chick food.” Connor’s favorite part of hatching chicks was watching them.
   
Connor thought hatching eggs was really fun. He hopes he can hatch eggs again next year.
 

Little Chickens
By Jarrett

Every year the kindergartners hatch baby chicks. Destiny is a kindergartner.

When Destiny first saw the eggs she thought they would hatch right away. The eggs are white and brown. The first thing they did was put them into the incubator and put Xs and Os on them so they can flip them from the Xs to the Os. Destiny turned the eggs at least once a day. The incubator keeps the eggs warm.
Destiny says candling is when you put a lightbulb in a box and put the egg on the box so you can see inside. “I saw a little black dot,” said Destiny. The baby chicks eat the yolk inside the egg and then hatch.

It takes twenty-one days for the chicks to hatch. Destiny said, “I thought Mr. K would only have them for one day.” Mr. K has coins in the chick’s food and water so they know where their food and water are.
The baby chicks eat corn and probably other things they like. Her favorite part was candling.

Destiny had a lot of fun with the chicks!  She can’t wait to take some home!

James and Sister Hailey (in pink)

Rolling Golden Eggs
by James

This year the fifth grade got to interview the kindergartners. This year Karlee was one of the kindergarteners.

The eggs have come! Karlee said Mr. Zupin gave them the eggs. She is very happy. White and gold were the color of the eggs. The first thing she said they did was put the eggs into the incubator. Karlee said that they put x’s and o’s on the eggs to know when to flip them. They had to roll the eggs once a day. Karlee said the incubator is to keep them warm. Candling is when you put a light under the egg to see the inside she said. “I saw red lines when candling,” she said. The baby chicks eat yolk to survive.

It feels like it took forever to hatch. 21 days is how long it took to hatch the eggs. Karlee felt happy when the eggs hatched. she said they put coins in their food and water to attract them. “The chicks eat little seeds,” said Karlee. It looks like they had fun. Her favorite part was seeing the baby chicks.

Karlee had a lot of fun. She hopes she can do it again.

Happy Hatching

By Carson

In Mr. K’s class of 2012 there is a girl named Karlee. They were going to watch eggs hatch into chicks!

The class loves to do egg hatching. She said that Mr. Zupin brought the eggs in for them. Karlee was super happy when she first saw the eggs. The eggs were white and gold. The first thing they had to do was put them in the incubator. They had to put X’s and O’s on the eggs to be able to keep track. The  thing they had to do every day was roll them and they did it once a day. It’s usually 3-4 times a day. Karlee said, ”The incubator is a warmer and it keeps them warm.” Candling is where you put a light under the egg. The things Karlee could see were red lines. What the chicks ate was the yoke.

Chirp chirp! It took about 21 days and Karlee was very happy when they hatched. The coins in the food and water attracts them to it. The baby chicks eat chick seeds. Karlee said, “My favorite part was seeing the baby chicks.”

Karlee had a lot of fun and wants to do it again. Hopefully Mr. K’s class will be able to do it again.

Hatch

By Nolan

In spring 2012, Mr. K’s class hatched eggs. Mr. K’s class does this every year. Esther was part of this year's kindergarten class. She got to see the baby chicks grow up.

Esther was excited when she first saw the eggs. The eggs were white, and brown. The class had to draw X’s, and O’s on the eggs so they would know what side the eggs are on. “We had to turn the eggs one time a day,” said Esther. The class put the eggs in a incubator to keep them warm.  Esther’s class candled the eggs. Candling is when you put a light up to an egg to see what’s inside. Esther said that you could see a black dot inside the egg. The baby chicks survive inside the egg by eating the yoke that’s inside the egg.

It takes about three weeks for the eggs to hatch, and when they did, Esther was excited. Mr. K put coins in the chick’s food, so they could see the shine of the penny and peck at it. The chicks eat crushed corn. Esther’s favorite part was hatching the eggs.

Esther hopes she can do it again. Mr. K’s class does this every year.