Tuesday, April 16, 2013

EGG-Citing News

Did you hear the little birdies talking around the county?  That's becuase round two of 4-H Embryology is here.  We have teachers in almost 20 classrooms in seven different schools taking part in the second round of this every popular 4-H school enrichment program.  Incubators went out on Monday, eggs are being set today.  Each classroom has a dozen fertile eggs provided by Hatcher Family Farms.  For the next 18 days the students will turn the eggs three times a day (that's why we put x's and o's on the eggs so we turn them all the same amount each time) and watch to make sure the incubator temperature is maintained at 100 degrees.  The week of May 6 we should here real life cheeping coming from all over the county as the eggs hatch and little chickens emerge.  Stay tuned for breaking news on this topic!

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