First and second graders participated in a 4-H program to hatch chicks in the classroom.  

Each classroom started with 12 fertilized eggs which were put in an incubator. We turned the eggs three times a day for 21 days. We read books about chicks and chickens, conducted science experiments using eggs, and wrote in our journals about what was happening to the chicks. Forty-two chicks hatched among the 5 classes!  

When it was time to give the chicks back we still couldn't answer the age old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"