1. O rang a seby Annmarie Doherty and Maria Sweeney*Life Cycle of aChicken

2. Our class has startedthe project of the lifecycle of a chicken.We are going to hatchour very own chicks!!*Introduction 3. *The hen lays one eggeveryday.*How It Begins 4. *The egg will turn intoa chick after 21whole days if .*The egg 5. *The eggs HAVE to bekept warm.Usually the hen sitson the eggs.*Keeping warm !! 6. *We dont have a hento use so were usingsomething called anincubator.*Incubator 7. *The incubator keeps thingswarm enough or cold enough.Can you think of anywhere elsea incubator could be used?Think of little babies!Our incubator will keep theeggs warm enough for thechicks to grow!*What This Means 8. *We have to turn theincubator three timeseveryday to make sure theeggs are warm enough*The Incubator 9. *If everything goesright chicks willhatch from the eggs*After 21 Days 10. *The eggs hard shellprotects the baby as itgrows.When the chick is ready tohatch it will peck at theshell with its beak with itsbeak until the egg cracks*The Shell 11. *Slowly the chick willcome out of the egg.This can sometimestake up to a day.The chick is wet whenit hatches from itsegg.*Hatching time 12. *The chicks will dryquickly and will be niceand cute and fluffy soon!! 13. *The chicks must bekept warm for thenext few weeks .We will use an infrared lamp to keepthem warm.*Staying warm 14. *We will then feedthem well and lookfor a good home forthem to go to. 15. *We hope you enjoyedlearning about our project !!*We will now ask you a fewquestions to see what youcan remember !! 16. *Questions !!*Question 1*How many eggs a day doesa hen lay ??? 17. *Question 2*How many days does it take for a chick tohatch from its egg ?? 18. *Question 3*What do we keep theeggs in to keep themwarm ?? 19. *Well done on answeringthe questions !*Now all we have to do iswait for our eggs tohatch. 20. *Thats the end of ourpresentation. We hopeyou enjoyed,it go raibhmaith agaibh !!!