Better than a chocolate egg!

Gently, gently.

Day 9 was the first time that we let the chicks spread their wings and have a flap around. The made loads of noise and one of the local Councillors Hugh Ross came to find out what all the commotion was about. The pupils completed their diaries and thought about the similarities between them growing up and their chickens.

 Callum Hazel said “They have all grown like us, no longer babies or toddlers but kids at school.”

Alix McAteer said “it’s been a great experience because I’ve never been this close to animals. I hope to get a pet when I’m 10.”

The chicks returned to school on Monday and we were so happy to see them again.  We noticed that they had grown taller and were beginning to grow wing feathers. The are definitely much more active and chirpier now.

 Aimee S and Molly Simoes wrote:

We love the chickens because they are gorgeous and beautiful. We love having the chickens in class because we can feed them and hold them. We love watching them too.

Today the children got the opportunity to hold the chicks and they learned how to handle them with care.  We made a chicken run in the middle of the room so the chickens had space to run around more and stretch their wings.