Chicks give Illinois students a lesson on agriculture
KELSEY WATZNAUER, The Pantagraph
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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Stumbling, squeaking, fluffy chicks popped out of their eggs in classrooms across McLean County, some making their arrival a little later than others.
“We were getting a little worried,” said Cameo Williams, a third-grade teacher at Grove Elementary in Normal. “When we hit the 21-day mark, everybody’s like, where’s the chicks? Then ours went to the 24-day mark, so we were crossing our fingers.”
Two little balls of fluff hatched from the dozen eggs provided to Williams’ class as part of the Chick It Out program by the University of Illinois Extension and McLean County Ag in the Classroom.