Today we got some eggs from Mrs Parkers Friend Phil - he generously donated 12 fertile eggs to our class. We are hoping some will hatch and are really excited.
We have to roll them over each morning and afternoon and make sure our hands are warm before doing this as it could chill the eggs. The eggs have numbers written on them in pencil. On one side is a 1 and on the other side is a 2. The numbering stops any confusion when rolling them over. We will have to turn them by ourselves for the first 18 days. They take 21 days to hatch out. Since we put them in on a Wednesday, they should hatch on a Wenesday.
There is a little well in the middle of the incubator that we have to fill with water as this keeps the incubator humid. The temperature is between 38 and 40 degrees C in the incubator so its pretty hot!
The incubator has a circumference of approximately 40cm and it is approximately 10cm high. We have placed a card board box over the top of the incubator so to keep the air temperature around the incubator relatively stable.
By Joel
Some of the eggs hatched yesterday that was so cool to watch and there so CUTE!!!!!! how many more have hatched now? And did they survive???
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