Today during circle time, we talked about how this should be the last full day that the chickens spend inside their eggs. If everything goes as we had hoped, they should start hatching tomorrow or the next day! We have been candling the eggs regularly to get a glimpse of what was going on inside. At last count, we had four eggs that looked like they clearly had embryo's developing, five eggs that clearly didn't have any chicks in them, and seven eggs that had shells that were too thick to show us anything when we held them up to the candler. We'll see how many hatch!The children have been really enjoying pretending to be baby chicks who are getting ready to hatch. We told them the whole story of how previous hatches have played out, and the children act out every single step with such reverence for the whole process! The first thing they do is scrunch up into a ball and pretend that they are crowded inside an egg. Then they use their 'egg tooth' to break a tiny hole in the shell. The "chicks" start 'peeping' to each other to let the other chicks know it's time to hatch. Hatching is hard work, so they take a nap to rest up, then they make the crack in the egg bigger, then they take another nap, then they crack the egg some more...this goes on for a looooong time until the 'chicks'/children are ready for the final push out of the egg. Once they are all hatched, the Frog/chicks fluff up their feathers, and take another nap! If you're looking for a good time, try asking your child if they will do their dramatic interpretation of a hatching chicken... It's very entertaining!
We are hoping that all of this pretending will prepare the children for how long it takes for the chickens to hatch. They have certainly been very patient up until this point! We will update here with any new chicken information. In the meantime, here are a few more 'hatching' videos from you tube to tide you over!
Chickens;
Snakes;
More snakes (long!);
Monarch Caterpillar;
Enjoy, and keep your fingers crossed for our eggs!
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