Chick Days

Twice a year our office hatches chicken eggs at the same time our schools do that participate in our chick embryology program. We don't keep the chicks long so the boys do not get to interact with them every year. This year our office is holding on to them for our From Farm To You program. So this weekend we got to play chicken keepers.

They are still small and fluffy so the boys loved them. They wanted to keep them and I had to remind them that Chickens are not as cute. They also got a little life lesson when one chick did not make it from Saturday to Sunday. He couldn't use his legs right after he hatched on Friday and was very weak. The boys talked about making him new legs or rushing him to the vet. I said we can't do that and let's just hope he passes quickly.

Never know what a day in the life of an Extension Agent will bring. And it involves the whole family!