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Hebs
01-03-2009, 07:28 PM
:crying: and i will stamp my feet until i get :crying:

:thumbsup:

http://www.livingeggs.co.uk/newsite/TheProgramme.html

louloudi
01-03-2009, 07:31 PM
:laughing:

We had one of these last year in school and the children kept lifting the lid which was left off on at least one occasion resulting in only 1 hatching!!!

avril
01-03-2009, 07:32 PM
Wow that would make a change from caterpillars one of my mindees did this in school he was facinated.

Keep stamping your feet :thumbsup:

Hebs
01-03-2009, 07:33 PM
i have sent our local rep an email, might get some for our easter half term :thumbsup: will tie in nicely with our theme :clapping:

sarah32
01-03-2009, 07:48 PM
My daughter did this in year one at school.

She loved it and I have a lovely picture of her holding a chick.:)

lucytownsend
01-03-2009, 07:52 PM
Looks lovely but pretty expensive? £260 for the kit - think I would go for the caterpillars!

Hebs
01-03-2009, 07:54 PM
goes through your books tho :thumbsup: and looks SO much more interesting than catterpillers :laughing: AND you can keep the chickens :D

FizzysFriends
01-03-2009, 07:57 PM
I want them too but they are too expensive and I have a springer.

Jules27
01-03-2009, 08:55 PM
I want them too but they are too expensive and I have a springer.

Yeah, me too!!! He would just think 'breakfast!!' lol!!!:laughing: :laughing:

miffy
01-03-2009, 08:59 PM
They're the most expensive chickens I've ever seen! :eek:

Miffy xx

jibberjitz
01-03-2009, 09:16 PM
They look fab! My uncle has an incubator so might borrow his (when I get some mindees that is!!! :laughing: )

Hebs
01-03-2009, 09:18 PM
anyone know how easy it is to look after chickens?? :D

i have a dog, but he's great with our rabbits, and cats so i'm sure with supervision he'd be fine with chickens too :clapping:

Carol
01-03-2009, 10:12 PM
goes through your books tho :thumbsup: and looks SO much more interesting than catterpillers :laughing: AND you can keep the chickens :D

Got no room for all my extra paperwork (EYFS) where would I put the chickens:laughing: :laughing:

Carol xx

charleyfarley
01-03-2009, 10:25 PM
:crying: and i will stamp my feet until i get :crying:

:thumbsup:

http://www.livingeggs.co.uk/newsite/TheProgramme.html

Sorry Hebs but ' I want, doesn't get ' :D Something I always say to my children

I'd love chickens though, shame the garden is too small. Friends of ours have chickens and we've been given the eggs, so much tastier than shop bought.

Carol xx

emmadines
01-03-2009, 10:30 PM
Hi, looks good but what happens to the chicks once hatched and what if there were cockerell??

just wondering as I have hens (luckly no cockerells)

But the kids loved the chicks that we rescued a month ago.

Zoomie
01-03-2009, 10:30 PM
I'm sorry, but our school does this, and I feel so sorry for all the chickens that need to be homed afterwards.

LOOPYLISA
01-03-2009, 10:34 PM
Sorry Hebs but ' I want, doesn't get ' :D Something I always say to my children

I'd love chickens though, shame the garden is too small. Friends of ours have chickens and we've been given the eggs, so much tastier than shop bought.

Carol xx

:laughing: I say this to mine !!!

Hebs
01-03-2009, 11:05 PM
I'm sorry, but our school does this, and I feel so sorry for all the chickens that need to be homed afterwards.


I'd keep ours!

sammy
01-03-2009, 11:20 PM
i would eat mine!! :)

PixiePetal
01-03-2009, 11:55 PM
Cute :)

On our farm we used to hatch pheasant chicks - lots!! My kids loved it.

Hebs
02-03-2009, 06:56 PM
our local one is fully booked until MAY :eek:

ringing her back after 8.30pm to book them for the start of the summer hols :clapping:

OrlandoBelle
02-03-2009, 07:43 PM
We've wanted chickens for ages. We were looking at coops and hen houses on ebay last week!
I would love to do this! £260 is pretty steep though!

:crying: I WANT ONE TOO!!! *Stamps feet and pouts bottom lip!*:crying:

Hebs
02-03-2009, 08:01 PM
it is alot of money but i'm planning to put a little bit away each week :thumbsup:

LisaH
02-03-2009, 08:30 PM
It's a great idea but no way am I 'shelling' out that much money!!:)

happytotschildminding
02-03-2009, 09:11 PM
Thats ALOT of money!:eek: - why don't you get a second hand incubator and heat lamp, they only need a cardboard box when they first hatch which is easily replaced. I've even seen the poster of whats happening inside the egg on ebay (want one!) As you can tell, I went down this route about two years ago and the children love it, we've hatched chickens, ducks and turkeys (xmas dinner). Will be doing it again in April and is such a good experience for the children but I just think you can do it cheaper!
Carol

Hebs
02-03-2009, 09:14 PM
where would you get the eggs from tho??

happytotschildminding
02-03-2009, 09:42 PM
I've hatched some from ebay - 3 out of 6 ducks hatched, 5 out of 10 turkey eggs, and disappointingly 1 out of 12 chickens but when the box arrived dented - obviously been dropped, I didn't really expect much. The ones from my own chickens were 8 out of 10. Do you have allotments close by you could buy some from? I could help out if you're willing to come to Durham!
Carol

Hebs
02-03-2009, 09:49 PM
I could help out if you're willing to come to Durham!
Carol

:laughing: ah it's only 5 mins up the road

:thumbsup:

have booked them anyway, she's given me a discounted price of £175.00
AND
we have them for the 2 weeks hols at easter :clapping:

and after the 2 weeks if we don't keep them they go to her friends farm where the chickens are free range :thumbsup:

happytotschildminding
03-03-2009, 11:19 AM
I'm sure you'll all enjoy the experience (I bet you end up watching them instead of doing paperwork!!) :laughing:
Carol

Hebs
03-03-2009, 06:40 PM
yeah :laughing: probably

going to get my mindees to keep a dairy :clapping: