Unpacking the new incubator

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for purchasing our new incubator!

Today we unpacked the new incubator. We are getting so eggcited to begin the incubation project! We have only 1 more week to wait until we set the eggs in the incubator.

.................The Incubator....... .......................The top and bottom of the incubator ..........................The bottom of the incubator


The wire screen that the eggs can sit on........ The plastic water container attaches to the wire screen....... The top of the incubator

....The automatic egg turner ......The egg turner inside the incubator with the thermometer...... The incubator is all ready to go!

Tomorrow we turn on the incubator to regulate the temperature.

CHICK-IT-OUT this Spring!



Welcome Back to the Chick-It-Out Website!

During the month of April,
the Youth Services Department will be incubating chicken eggs!
Last year this “Eggciting Eggtivity” was so popular
that we decided to do it again!
Join us every day from
April 7 thru late May, 3:30 -4:30 p.m.
to check on the chicks’ daily development.
Children can make a
craft and join an activity each day
that helps them learn about the chicks.
Baby chicks will begin to hatch on
April 27 and 28.
You can also keep up-to-date on the chicks’ progress at home by going to
www.chick-it-out-crpl.blogspot.com
or the Chick Webcam link at www.chicagoridge.lib.il.us.
In late May, the chicks leave for their new home
at the Children’s Farm in Palos Park
and a family farm in the southwest suburbs.
We want to thank the Friends of the Library
for purchasing the incubator.