CHick babysitting blog
Day 1: 5/15/2015 (Friday)
Today I took the baby chicks home from school. (After much bothering Mrs.P for first pick of the chicks) I picked out a small cornish game hen chick that was yellow with brown stripes, and a large yellow americana chick. I decided to name the small chick Sir Nils Olav after the penguin that was knighted in 2008. And the larger americana chick Roger after the class pet in Spongebob, who just so happened to be a chicken egg. I took them home from school and immediately set them up in their new home; a 10 gallon glass aquarium with paper towel lining and a heating pad underneath. They seemed to take kindly to it as they got comfortable with it and each other. That night they slept well with minimal peeping.
Day 2: 5/16/2015 (Saturday)
Today I woke up and learned a valuable lesson in the care and keeping of chicks; they are M E S S Y. This morning there was food strewn about the cage floor, poop everywhere including on the chicks and in the water bowl and seemingly endless peeping. It took a little while and a few wet washcloths but I got my chicks and their cage clean and happy. I also realized chicks are much cuter clean. I took them out and held and played with them for a little while in a safe environment. Also today they are beginning to try their hand at the art of flying. Once out of the cage they tried their best to flap their tiny little wings to get around but most of the time it ended with a faceplate onto the carpeting.
Day 3: 5/17/2015 (Sunday)
I have decided that I do not want to return my chickens. After caring for them over these past few days I have grown to like having them around. But after talking to my parents "we" have decided that, no, I will not be having pet chickens. Also, as I look at my chickens today I have realized how many adult feathers they have grown, how cute, they grow up so fast. Today is bittersweet as it will be somewhat of a relief to not have chicks anymore however I will miss them.
Embryological similarities between humans and chickens:
1) Both embryos develop eye slits at around the same time
2) Both embryos have some nutrient source; yolk sac for chickens and placenta for humans
3) Heart actions begin at around the same time
4) Both embryos develop some sort of fluid sac for which to grow in; for chickens it is the albumen, for humans it is the amniotic sac
5) Both develop a tail in the early stages of development
6) Each starts off with a single chamber heart which them becomes more complex later on
7) Both develop gill slits in the early stages of their development
8) First developed in both is the spinal cord
9) Each has a way of getting oxygen; for the chicken it is the air cell in the egg, while a human fetus get pre-oxygenated blood through the umbilical cord
10) Both fetuses develop in an outermost protective layer of some sort; for the chicken it is their calcified rigid egg shell, while a human fetus has its mothers uterus and abdomen muscles and skin
Today I took the baby chicks home from school. (After much bothering Mrs.P for first pick of the chicks) I picked out a small cornish game hen chick that was yellow with brown stripes, and a large yellow americana chick. I decided to name the small chick Sir Nils Olav after the penguin that was knighted in 2008. And the larger americana chick Roger after the class pet in Spongebob, who just so happened to be a chicken egg. I took them home from school and immediately set them up in their new home; a 10 gallon glass aquarium with paper towel lining and a heating pad underneath. They seemed to take kindly to it as they got comfortable with it and each other. That night they slept well with minimal peeping.
Day 2: 5/16/2015 (Saturday)
Today I woke up and learned a valuable lesson in the care and keeping of chicks; they are M E S S Y. This morning there was food strewn about the cage floor, poop everywhere including on the chicks and in the water bowl and seemingly endless peeping. It took a little while and a few wet washcloths but I got my chicks and their cage clean and happy. I also realized chicks are much cuter clean. I took them out and held and played with them for a little while in a safe environment. Also today they are beginning to try their hand at the art of flying. Once out of the cage they tried their best to flap their tiny little wings to get around but most of the time it ended with a faceplate onto the carpeting.
Day 3: 5/17/2015 (Sunday)
I have decided that I do not want to return my chickens. After caring for them over these past few days I have grown to like having them around. But after talking to my parents "we" have decided that, no, I will not be having pet chickens. Also, as I look at my chickens today I have realized how many adult feathers they have grown, how cute, they grow up so fast. Today is bittersweet as it will be somewhat of a relief to not have chicks anymore however I will miss them.
Embryological similarities between humans and chickens:
1) Both embryos develop eye slits at around the same time
2) Both embryos have some nutrient source; yolk sac for chickens and placenta for humans
3) Heart actions begin at around the same time
4) Both embryos develop some sort of fluid sac for which to grow in; for chickens it is the albumen, for humans it is the amniotic sac
5) Both develop a tail in the early stages of development
6) Each starts off with a single chamber heart which them becomes more complex later on
7) Both develop gill slits in the early stages of their development
8) First developed in both is the spinal cord
9) Each has a way of getting oxygen; for the chicken it is the air cell in the egg, while a human fetus get pre-oxygenated blood through the umbilical cord
10) Both fetuses develop in an outermost protective layer of some sort; for the chicken it is their calcified rigid egg shell, while a human fetus has its mothers uterus and abdomen muscles and skin