Year 2 Ducklings: What an egg-traordinary time!

As part of our science learning, Year 2 had duckling eggs to help us understand animal life-cycles. When the eggs first arrived, they had to be put in an incubator to keep them warm. We were surprised to hear cheeping inside the eggs. After a day of being in school, we observed some wobbling and cracking. The ducklings were hatching! They used their egg tooth to carefully chip away at the egg. When they hatched, they were all slimy and wet. They were so tired that they fell straight asleep.

When they had dried off, they moved into the brooder and then had some fun exploring. They were so small to begin with, but quickly grew over the week that we had them. By Wednesday they were huge, and had started to grow some white feathers!

We were able to carefully hold them and cuddle them. They were so soft but so squirmy! We had to stay calm and quiet so that the ducklings didn’t get scared.

After the ducklings had grown a bit, we were able to take them swimming! They used their webbed feet to push themselves along. Some of them loved it, and even dived under the water. They whizzed along so quickly, making lots of splashes! 

We have had the best time with the ducklings and we were sad to see them go. We will certainly miss their company and their cheeping but we know that they're going to have a great time at their new pond!