To start this post, I should first say, that although I am a Kentucky girl, I am definitely not a farm girl. I want to say thank to Mrs. Ashlee Pollitt for collaborating with my class and guiding me through this process.
In March, Mrs. Ashlee Pollitt walks into my classroom with her husband carrying 40 some chicken eggs!  She sets up an incubator and 28 chicken eggs.  I got the brown chicken (they lay the eggs) and Mrs. Pollitt got the eggs for the white chickens.  (I am sure you can tell I am not a farm girl, based on my description).  For 21 days my kids observed the eggs, noted any changes they saw, and anxiously waited.  And then it happened...

We hatched chickens!

The kids loved this.  It was great to be able to actually "show" the kids the chicken life cycle (at least for the most part).  The kids named each of the chickens and were very protective of them.  After hatching and spending a week with us, Mrs. Pollitt took them to her farm.