Students in Stafford’s Stars After School program have found out, in their case at least, it was the egg and then the chicken, as the K-fifth grade students study the life-cycle of a chicken.
“We had several eggs in an incubator in the library,” said STARS Director Sharilyn McNickle.
The eggs were kept in an incubator that not only warmed, but also turned the eggs like a mother hen would. McNickle said they got help for the program with a grant from the Stafford County Farm Bureau.
The eggs were acquired from Alan and Janice Hildebrand. McNickle said that is where the chicks will be going now that they
are hatched.
Connie Coker, assisted with the project.
Thursday children in the program took turns visiting the newly hatched end of their school project with each getting a chance to hold the product of the egg they started out with.
“I used to have chickens, but I don’t live at the farm anymore,” said 6-year-old Madison McCloskey as a small yellow bird perched on her outstretched hand. “It was a lot of fun raising them.”
