Well, it had to happen sometime....our nine growing chicks are leaving Brooklyn for their new home in upstate New York! We are lucky that a wonderful PS58 family has a chicken coop at their house upstate and has offered to take our chicks for the second time! We now will be able to see how they grow!
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| Blue Andalusian chick! |
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| Inside the brooder. They love to huddle together. |
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| A Barred Rock chick exploring the classroom. |
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| They love to eat out of our hands! |
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| Pecking at sparkly sneakers! |
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They sure do like to poop! Lots of paper towels
to cover it up! |
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| Escaping chicks in all directions! |
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| They are SO soft! |
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| You can feel their bones. |
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| Standing on some hands, while other hands wait patiently! |
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| This chick is resting on Ms. Karyn's wrist! |
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| Lots of food!* |
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| Come on little guy!* |
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| It doesn't hurt when they peck.* |
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| Here you go little chick.* |
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| Come onto my hands!* |
Ms. Valerie's class, K-131, made a house for the chicks during choice time. There was a bridge, a tunnel to get inside, soft beds, a hanging porch and a top that could let light in.The class was so excited to see if the chicks would like their creation! Some of the class noticed that the entrance to the house was too small for the growing chick to use, so they opened up the top!
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They borrowed two scooters from the gym to
bring the house safely from their classroom
to mine. |
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They explained all the parts, including soft
foam in case the chicks fell off the bridge. |
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One of the Blue Andalusian chicks bravely
walked across the bridge! |
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| She was a little uncertain about the porch. |
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After spotting my Little Sun solar lamp, they
added it to their house thinking it would help the
chicks see. |
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Well....two solar lamps are better than one...
and better to be inside the house so it won't fall on the chicks! |
* photo credit Karyn Ruggiero.
