KIDS, CLASSROOMS, INCUBATORS & HATCHING CHICKS
Gee....not a lot to discuss here, is
there? A lot of what holds back such a project is the high cost of
commerical incubators, even the simple styrafoam ones! We would really
love to try out some simple home-made versions with our eggs to see
what is best, but in the mean time I would suggest either building a
simple incubator (try a Google search for "homemade incubator" or
"cheap incubator" or the like), look at Murray McMurray or Stromberg's
Game Birds online to purchase a $15 Mini Chick Incubator that a few
kids could enjoy hatching their own chicks out of (and maybe pass it
along to another family when you're through?) This may also be good for
a smaller classroom or to buy a few of. Keep in mind if you'll be
buying very many that the Little Giant styrofoam incubator can be
purchased for around $50 - $100. It will incubate over 40 chicken eggs!
If you are a parent who would like to
take on such an adventure or a teacher who would like to incorporate
this into your classroom setting, please contact us and we'd like to be
able to work something out for hatching eggs at a very reasonable
price, depending upon what type of eggs we have available when you
contact us. We should have some kind of egg available almost
year-round, for a variety of reasons so please don't let the weather or
season deter you!
Why? WE LIKE KIDS. We support their
curiosity, their love for animals, responsibility with animals,
education, etc. Kids and critters have always been a dynamic duo. In
any case, let us know a little more about your project - how many
children are involved and what all you plan to cover and we can better
serve your needs! : )
This also makes a great hands-on
project for homeschoolers! Depending on where you live, you can keep
the poultry yourself! Even in the city, most will allow a certain
number of non-crowing chickens (hens) and you can have fresh eating
eggs and the joy of watching the birds.
Keep watching for updates, will try to
keep adding to this page as possible. Below is a picture of a variety
of eggs of all sizes.
In order from the
largest to the smallest eggs: a Jersey Giant egg, the green egg is an
Americana egg, next a standard chicken egg, a bantam chicken egg, a
guinea egg, a very large XLD1 Coturnix (pronounced like the girl's name
Courtney) quail egg, an average XLD1 Coturnix quail egg, an average
Texas A&M Coturnix, an average Bobwhite egg, a small Texas A&M
Coturnix, a small Bobwhite egg and an average size Chinese Painted or
Button Quail egg, with a dime nearby for size comparison.
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