First 4-H Embryology Lesson & Candling at Pulaski Elementary

Morgan Paulette working with students from Mrs. Alls' Classroom

Morgan Paulette, Pulaski ANR Extension Agent, and Chris Lichty, Pulaski 4-H Extension Agent, with the Virginia Cooperative Extension - Pulaski Office, spent the morning at Pulaski Elementary School with five third grade and one fourth grade classroom for the first 4-H Embryology Lesson and Egg Candling.  Each classroom was provided a Brinsea Seven Egg Automatic Incubator by the Virginia Cooperative Extension for the project and seven eggs were set last week in each classroom incubator, Wednesday, April 19.  
  

Morgan and Chris talked about the parts of egg with the students and cracked an unfertilized egg to provide a more “hands-on” educational experience.  Morgan and Chris then candled each classrooms eggs showing the students the chick development on Day 6 of the incubation period.  Fifteen days are left in the 21 day incubation period with hatching to occur beginning May 9. 

Morgan and Chris will return two more times to each classroom, once next week for the second lesson and last candling before hatching, and then in two weeks to talk about the parts of the chicken, with the chicks in hand, and then how chickens are used in the agriculture industry from layers to meat chickens.
  
 

Chris Lichty working with students from Mrs. Hamblin's Classroom

 Chicks will head off to their forever farm between May 19-22.