The chicks hatched, they hatched last week. The chicks are so cute they have puffed up into fluff balls. There are four La Bresse Gauloise chicks and ten Black Rock chicks. The La Bresse Gauloise chicks are from France and they are white the Black Rock chicks are from Scotland and they are black with yellow and white spots. We have moved the chicks into a big brooder were its nice and warm. They are running about all around the brooder they are even trying to fly. Their feathers have come out and they are growing so much.  Number 17 is the biggest because it was the first to hatch. We think that he is a cockerel because he stands up really straight like cockerels do. We weigh the chicks every day, they get harder and hared to catch every day to weigh them. Some of the chicks try and get out of the weighing box. We have made a job rota for us to do for the chicks. The chicks need plenty of food and water and they need to be kept warm. The jobs we need to do daily are feed them, fill up the water, wash the tray under the brooder, record the data, weight the chicks and clear out the poo. The p5,6 and 7 hypothesis is that white chicks will grow faster than the black ones because the white chicks are bred for eating so they bigger. Our null hypothesis is that both colours will have the same growth rate. We have put ropes around the brooder and a sign saying do not cross unless you have permission so that no one  bangs into the brooder as it will scare the chicks and make them fall over. Today when I was weighing the chicks one of the chicks jumped up onto the top of the water bottle thing, and some of the chicks stand in the food. I love having the chicks in the class room. Their are my favourite thing in the class room.

by Merryn Hall,P6