Chicks will be hatching the week of April 21 from eggs at many area elementary schools where 4-H educators placed embryology projects. Roosevelt Elementary welcomed Audra Brown, 4-H Extension assistant, on April 15, for an update on the growing embryos in each classroom’s incubators.
Brown’s visit was the candling part of the project, though she used a flashlight instead of a candle. Holding the flashlight under the egg in the darkened classroom, the children could witness what a fertilized egg with a chick growing inside looked like, as well as non-fertilized eggs.
“Once they know what they are looking for, the kids really enjoy the candling process. They get excited when we are guessing as a class if there is a chick in there or not. And of course, getting to see the chick in the egg as a little black dot also brings excitement,” Brown said…