Henny Penny Hatching Chicken Hatching
	Menu Home Contact Us Franchises for Sale Access to Instructions and Resources Parents FAQ Taking Chicks Home Galleries Enquiry Form Breeds Student Project Resources		Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Preschools & SEDU units Widely used by teaching staff this 12 day programme provides subject matter for endless study in the strands:- Life & Living Science & Society Natural and Processed Materials Key Concepts and Core Learning Outcomes. The mechanics of the incubator can be observed through the clear plastic dome as well as the individual chicks hatching. Great excitement is always evident as the students observe the eggs rocking, gradually piping then cracking and finally watching the wet, sticky chick kick free from the shell! Once dry the chick is then placed with others in the brooding area where it will move around freely, feeding , drinking, interacting and developing. Observation and studies can be conducted within the brooding area, which can include:- Amount of food consumed each day Amount of water consumed each day Observe behavioural Reminder patterns - vegetable dye can be used to assist in this More advanced studies may be undertaken by working out at any given time total feed consumed - total weight of chicks and thereby working out feed conversion ratio ie kg of feed consumed to gross weigh achievedumed to gross weigh achieved Temperature readings can be recorded each day both in the incubator and brooding area and appropriate graphs kept. The programme provides endless study and observation options for all age groups and has been used successfully by innovated teaching staff for 4 years. There are complete programs for K-6 with a variety of activity sheets for K-10 Programs for High Schools available in 2009 Resources are available on the Internet and Access Codes are provided on booking of  The Henny Penny Hatching program Reminder to Queensland Teachers We have been asked to remind Teachers that under The Queensland Animal Care & Protection Act 2001 they are obliged to notify the Animal Ethics Officer at Education Queensland that they are using a Chicken Hatching Programme, when the chicks produced are being used for any scientific experiment ie weighing of chicks etc. Click here for the Risk Assessment Form Click here for the Qsaec Application Form Should the program be solely for observation then the above will not apply. Should you require further information regarding this policy please refer to:- Senior Education Officer - Animal Ethics - Curriculum Branch Education Queensland on :- Ph:- (07) 3235 9966 , Fax:- 3235 4379 or email  Animal.Ethics@deta.qld.gov.au; or go to Google and put in Queensland Education and search and then click on  Animal Ethics.		Venues Schools Childcare Nursing Homes Retail Other Welfare of Chickens Health Issues