The document outlines the life cycle of a chicken from egg to hatching. It begins with an introduction to a class project to hatch chicks. The eggs are kept warm for 21 days either under a hen or in an incubator. An incubator keeps the eggs at the correct temperature for growth. After 21 days, the chicks will hatch by pecking at their shells. They are wet when they first hatch but their feathers dry quickly. The new chicks must be kept warm for several weeks under an infrared lamp.

1. Life Cycle Of A Chicken
By Blathin Ahearne
And Emma McDaid

2. Introduction
• Our class has started a project on the life
cycle of a chicken.
• We are going to hatch our very own
chicks!

3. How it begins!
The hen lays one
egg everyday.

4. The Egg
The egg will turn into a chick
after 21 days……..

5. Keeping Warm!
• The eggs are kept
warm
• Usually the hen
sits on the eggs to
keep them warm.

6. Incubator
• However , we cannot use a hen so we will
use an incubator.

7. What This Means
• An incubator keeps things at the
right temperature . Can you think of
anywhere an incubator could be
used? Think of little babies!
• Our incubator will keep the eggs at
the correct temperature for the
chicks to grow.

8. The Incubator
• We have to turn the incubator three
times a day to make sure the
temperature is even.

9. After 21 Days
• If everything goes
correctly the
chick’s will hatch
after 21 Days!

10. The Shell
 The eggs hard shell
protects the baby as it
grows.
 When the chick is ready
to hatch it will peck at
the shell with it’s beak
until the egg.

11. Hatching Time
oSlowly the chick will
come out from the egg
This can sometimes
take up to a day.
oThe chick is wet when it
hatches from it’s egg.

12.  The chicks feathers will dry quickly and
soon will become nice and fluffy.

13. Staying warm
• The chicks must then be kept very warm
for the next few weeks.
• We will use an infra red lamp to keep
warm.

14.  We will then feed them well and look for a
good home for them to go to.

15.  We hope you enjoyed learning about our project.
 We will now ask a few questions and see what
you remember.

16. • How many eggs a day does a
hen lay?

17. Question 2
How many days does it take a
chick to hatch from it’s egg?

18. Question 3
 What do we keep the eggs in to keep
them warm?

19.  Well done on answering the Questions!
 Now all we have to do is wait for oureggs
to hatch!

20.  This concludes our presentation go raibh
maith agaibh!