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Kindergarten chicks expected to hatch this week at Weston Wild Wildcats
Summary
A kindergarten staff member said eggs in the classroom incubator reached day 20 on Monday, April 21, and hatching (pipping) is expected; staff described candling, a Turner plate, and raising humidity to 60–70% to aid hatch success.
A kindergarten staff member at Weston Wild Wildcats said Monday, April 21, that classroom eggs reached day 20 in the incubator and staff expect chicks to begin pipping and hatching this week.
The staff member said teachers have been candling the eggs to observe development and using a Turner plate to rotate eggs to simulate a brooding hen. "Lots of big dark spots with quite a bit of movement," the staff member said of what they saw during candling, adding that eggs were taken off the Turner plate to lie flat in preparation for hatching. The staff member said, "we gotta spike up that humidity level so that the eggshell membranes don't dry out in the process, which could make the chick hatching a little bit more difficult." The incubator display read about 61 percent humidity at the time of the announcement.
The staff member explained that pipping is the first pecking of the chick against the shell to create a small hole, and said the classroom will monitor humidity to keep it between about 60 and 70 percent through hatching. Earlier in incubation staff had kept humidity around 50 to 60 percent, the announcer said. They described the overall plan as monitoring conditions and celebrating the outcome: "we will celebrate and keep you posted on how many chicks we end up with down here in kindergarten."
