The document details the life cycle of a chicken from egg to hatching to growth. It begins by explaining that hens lay eggs daily and that the eggs will hatch into chicks after 21 days of being kept warm, either under a hen or in an incubator as they are doing in class. It describes how the students are setting up an incubator to keep the eggs warm at the correct temperature for 21 days, after which the chicks will hatch out of their shells. It concludes by explaining that the chicks will dry off and grow feathers, needing an infrared light to stay warm in their first weeks before being fed and finding a good home.

1. LIFE
CYCLE
OF
A
CHICKEN
BY
M
ARK
O’HARA
&
OISIN
M
C
M
ENAM
IN

2.  Our class has
started the
project on the
life cycle of a
chicken.
 We are going
to hatch our
very own
chicks.
INTRODUCTION

3. HOW IT BEGINS!
 The hen lays one egg every day.

4.  The egg will
turn into a
chick after 21
days if…
THE EGG

5. KEEPING WARM
The eggs are kept
warm.
Usually the hen
sits on the eggs to
keep them warm.

6. INCUBATOR
 However we cannot use a hen so we will use
an incubator.

7. WHAT THIS MEANS
 An incubator keeps things at the correct
temperature. Can you think of anywhere an
incubator could be used? Think of little
babies.
 Our incubator will keep the eggs at the
correct temperature for the chicks to grow.

8. THE INCUBATOR
 We have to turn the incubator three times a
day to make sure the temperature is even.

9.  If everything
goes correctly
the chick will
hatch from
the egg after
21 days.
AFTER 21 DAYS…

10. THE SHELL
 The eggs hard shell protects the baby as it
grows.
 When the chick is ready to hatch it will peck
at the shell with it’s beak until the egg
cracks.

11. HATCHING TIME
 Slowly the chick will come out from the egg.
This can sometimes take up to a day!
 The chick is wet when it hatches from its egg.

12. The chicks
feathers will dry
quickly and soon
will become nice
and fluffy!
FEATHERS

13. STAYING WARM
 The chicks must then be kept very warm for
the next few weeks.
 We will use an infra-red light to keep them
warm.

14. We will then feed
them well and look
for a good home to
go to.
FEEDING!

15. We hope you
enjoyed learning
about our project!
We will now ask
you a few
questions and see
what you can
remember!
CONCLUSION!

16. QUESTION TIME!
 How many eggs a day does a hen
lay?
OneOne

17. QUESTION 2!
How many days does it take
for a chick to hatch from the
egg?

18. QUESTION 3!
What do we keep the eggs in to
keep them warm?

19. Well done on
answering the
questions!
Now all we have to do
is wait for our eggs to
hatch!

20. THE END
That concludes our presentation. Go
raibh mhaith agaibh!!!!!!