I had a phone call this evening from a very excited school teacher at the local school. The incubator that I loaned to them has done its job and has hatched 10 out of 15 eggs so far! I just hope the heat lamp I put up for the chicks doesn’t fall and burn the school down. I’m sure there was a risk assessment done somewhere along the way!

The best part about it is hearing how the class were glued to the incubator today and saw one egg hatch from beginning to end. Every day a child has at school can’t ever be repeated again and to me, it’s these happy memories  that will make their learning journey very special and enjoyable. I hope it even influences some of them when they are older and they might one day keep chickens of their own.

I used an RCOM 20 incubator since this has automatic temperature and humidity control – the only thing the teacher needed to do was to top it up with water every other day.

I’m also pleased to report that there have been no further ‘Rat’ incidents in the garage and we’ve almost hit 100 users in the new forum that was started as an upgrade to the poultrykeeper.com forum and for the ‘lost’ people who once used the excellent Pekin Bantams Forum that is no more.