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 The Chicks

     This March of 2008, the students of Leo A. Savoie Elementary School, had a project of hatching 24 eggs. All the children, teachers, and staff couldn’t wait for the cute baby chicks to pop their little heads out of their shells. A week before the eggs were supposed to hatch, we were able to see the veins, heartbeat, and movement of the chicks inside by candling the eggs with a flashlight in the dark.  Then, by March 18^th we were able to hear the chicks chirping and pecking inside the shells.  The next day, five adorable chicks popped out of the shells and were running around in the incubator, the machine that keeps the eggs warm.  Finally, on March 26^th, 15 tiny chicks are all nestled up in a cage with the heat lamp on top of them.  The first chick that hatched was named Leo after our school.  Thirteen chicks are black and black with yellow, one is light yellow and the other is gold.  Watching them grow over the past week has been quite amazing and enjoyable.  The chicks have really felt like part of our school family.  They will be greatly missed when they leave for their home-life on a farm.  

 By Nicholas Lemoine