Thursday, March 22, 2012
Chick Hatch 2012 Update
Some of you have been having trouble viewing the live webcam. Here is another link to the ustream channel. We'll be candling eggs again today around 9:00. Hopefully, we'll be able to see a little more than yesterday. It's still very early so all we'll be able to see is some faint blood vessels if they are developing.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sycamore-chick-hatch-2011
During Incubation:
First day
16 hours - first sign of resemblance to a chick embryo
20 hours - appearance of vertebral column
21 hours - beginning of nervous system
22 hours - beginning of head
24 hours - beginning of eye
Second day
25 hours - beginning of heart
35 hours - beginning of ear
42 hours - heart beats
Third day
60 hours - beginning of nose
62 hours - beginning of legs
64 hours - beginning of wings Fourth day - beginning of tongue
Sixth day - beginning of beak
Eighth day - beginning of feathers
Tenth day - beginning of hardening of beak
Thirteenth day - appearance of scales and claws
Fourteenth day - embryo gets into position suitable for breaking shell
Sixteenth day - scales, claws and beak becoming harder.
Seventeenth day - beak turns toward air cell
Nineteenth day - yolk sac begins to enter body cavity
Twentieth day - yolk sac completely drawn into body cavity; embryo occupies practically all the space within the egg except the air cell
Twenty-first day - hatching of chick
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sycamore-chick-hatch-2011
20 hours - appearance of vertebral column
21 hours - beginning of nervous system
22 hours - beginning of head
24 hours - beginning of eye
35 hours - beginning of ear
42 hours - heart beats
62 hours - beginning of legs
64 hours - beginning of wings
Sixth day - beginning of beak
Eighth day - beginning of feathers
Tenth day - beginning of hardening of beak
Thirteenth day - appearance of scales and claws
Fourteenth day - embryo gets into position suitable for breaking shell
Sixteenth day - scales, claws and beak becoming harder.
Seventeenth day - beak turns toward air cell
Nineteenth day - yolk sac begins to enter body cavity
Twentieth day - yolk sac completely drawn into body cavity; embryo occupies practically all the space within the egg except the air cell
Twenty-first day - hatching of chick
This picture below is an example of what we should be able to see by days 4,5 and 6.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Candling attempt #1
Sorry folks, it's too early. Maybe tomorrow or Friday. Check back with us again!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Language Skill this Week: Irregular Verbs
The verbs has and have tell about the present, or now.
Use have with I, you, we, they and plural nouns to tell about now.
Use has with he, she, it and singular nouns to tell about now.
The verb had tells about the past.
Use had with all pronouns and nouns to tell about the past.
Use have with I, you, we, they and plural nouns to tell about now.
Use has with he, she, it and singular nouns to tell about now.
The verb had tells about the past.
Use had with all pronouns and nouns to tell about the past.
The Eggs Have Names!
The eggs have been named. They are:
Lucky
Fletcher
Kate
Charlie
Abby
Victoria
Olivia
Snowball
Popcorn
Annie
Spike
Elvis
Izzy
Lucky
Fletcher
Kate
Charlie
Abby
Victoria
Olivia
Snowball
Popcorn
Annie
Spike
Elvis
Izzy
Monday, March 19, 2012
Day ONE of Chick Hatch
Day One of Chick Hatch 2012! We are underway with our hatching project. You will be able to watch the hatch live on ustream. The camera will be set up by the end of the week.
This is a picture of us setting up the incubator.
All 13 eggs have been placed on an automatic turner so we do not have to worry with flipping the eggs 3 times a day. This automatic turner will do all the work for us. :-)
This is a picture of how the eggs came shipped to us. They were wrapped in bubble wrap to keep them from breaking.
Jazmine listens to see if she can hear the egg turner moving. It is really quiet because it turns really slowly.
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