Well, in all honesty, I can only answer ... neither!
The first thing that arrived was the incubator! A few weeks ago, along with some colleagues, we decided that it would be exciting for the children in our classes to watch as we incubated and hatched chicken eggs. We had a very good contact, and an incubator funded by our PTFA, and after reading the comprehensive set of instructions, were all set to go ...
My colleagues will try to hatch eggs with their class this half term, and I will try next half term. However, the "Very-first-cermonious egg-placing-in-the-incubator" happened yesterday, and we all feel equally responsible for them!
All was going so well until ... we put the eggs in the incubator and it bleeped ... and bleeped ... and bleeped some more!
So ... what does one do with a bleeping (and by bleeping, I refer to its physical condition) incubator full of eggs? They ... turn it off and start it again ... 3 times. I've heard of the dizzy ducklings game, and as the incubator we have purchased turns the eggs automatically, it seems as though our wee banty eggs are having a similar experience!
After faffing around for some time, it seems as though the bleeping problem was to do with a loose lid, which could be fixed with a wedge of blu-tac cemented to the internal incubation switch (Problem to be rectified by reputable company sending out new incubator after they required us to send incubator back ... Hmmm slight problem there until chicks hatch which has been explained in a lengthy telephone conversation with them!)
For the first time, I have sense of parental responsibility.
Incubation period ... 19-21 days. Watch this space for updates!
Well, if you had a live webcam, that might do it - it might even be addictive. Think about it, 'get an egg widget for your facebook page'. The pence would come rolling in!
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