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is done :clapping:
we are hatching chickens over the easter holidays :D
www.livingeggs.co.uk
kids will be keeping a dairy of them hatching and growing (i think i'll need lots of paper for my Pogo ) :laughing:
:clapping: :clapping: so excited
nokidshere
11-02-2010, 12:31 PM
A friend of mine did this in her care home - so lovely! Its only the cost that puts me off slightly!
Noodles
11-02-2010, 12:35 PM
Fab idea but very expensive :) :)
Mollymop
11-02-2010, 12:45 PM
Wow I would love to do this, but very expensive so might give it a miss x
sandy64
11-02-2010, 12:52 PM
wow thats amazing what lucky kids yours are our nursery do it so we cheat and watch there progress but not the same had a look at website looks fab youl have to keep us upto date with photos please:)
lets just say i'm NOT paying the price thats advertised :thumbsup: :D :clapping:
it is booked with them but as i'm a childminder i'm getting a GOOD discount :thumbsup:
TheBTeam
11-02-2010, 01:16 PM
Some local farms let you do this much cheaper, we have a local childrens farm and it wasnt that expensive to do it through them.
francinejayne
11-02-2010, 07:52 PM
Ooh how lovely. How did you manage to negotiate a discount?
jojane
11-02-2010, 08:40 PM
very expensive - proabably more than i would earn in 2 weeks!!!!
Ooh how lovely. How did you manage to negotiate a discount?
she offered a discount :thumbsup: as its not coming out of school funds :D
TheBTeam
11-02-2010, 08:44 PM
Am I going mad, but i couldnt see a price for this!
singlewiththree
11-02-2010, 08:58 PM
Am I going mad, but i couldnt see a price for this!
its when you go to your area and see your representative it was £235
its when you go to your area and see your representative it was £235
and i'm paying just over half of that :D
What a lovely idea :) it will be such a fantastic experience for your mindees to witness.
I remember doing this when I was at nursery and it was so fantastic.
Spangles
11-02-2010, 09:06 PM
Okay, what am I missing? Why is it over £200 to see a chick hatch out of an egg?
Okay, what am I missing? Why is it over £200 to see a chick hatch out of an egg?
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francinejayne
11-02-2010, 10:37 PM
Ooh I'd love to do this, but I still think it's a lot of money and there's no way I could justify that :(
Heaven Scent
12-02-2010, 12:33 AM
Far too expensive - I couldn't justify even half of it - I know they do it at Heaton Farm in Manchester and have a rolling programme so there are always eggs at different stages and you are more than likely to see eggs hatching no matter what day of the year you go there but I couldn't even justify the cost of travelling all the way there to see it. I've had so many outgoings in the past few years that I just couldn't justify such an expense. - Lovely idea - but that is what it will have to remian - an idea.
Spangles
12-02-2010, 11:03 AM
Would have thought there would be some way of doing this online. Some farm or other is bound to have webcam on eggs or something? I will search later if I get time. I know it's not the same but £200+ is a bit on the ridiculous side in my opinion! I would probably only justify spending a tenner on it! Ha ha! They don't call me stingy for nothing!!!!! He he!
i'm not spending £200+ though :laughing:
and it helps keep my tax bill down :thumbsup: would rather spend it on this than it go to the tax man :D
TheBTeam
12-02-2010, 02:15 PM
Think it was about £50 when she did it through the farm, they hired her the incubator for the eggs and they took a couple of weeks to hatch and then she had the chicks for a week or two before she took them back as no one wanted them, she had 12 eggs.
jumpinjen
12-02-2010, 06:43 PM
We have chickens anyway, but the flock has reduced gradually over the last twelve months, so will be getting a broody sitting on eggs in the late spring, much cheaper than the above option (even reduced!) but you do have to be prepared to house, keep and feed them afterwards but the benefits go on and on!!
My mum used to do chicks and ducks like thios through a local farm set-up, but the school had their own incubator, you can get some small ones for a reasonable cost, that you can then use every year, and the farm take the hatchlings back afterwards, you could try calling around if you don't fancy the on-line company .
have to say that your children will LOVE the whole experience and it is a fab idea to set-up, well worth the money!!!!
jenni:)