Moss' Chicks Come To Room 2

This morning Mrs Rider bought some chicks to school to share with Room 2.

What do they look like?
The chicks are fluffy and soft. They are all different colours. Some chicks are black and white, other chicks are golden and one chick is black. Some chicks have little golden dots on them. They are very little, but have grown a lot since they first hatched. They will grow much bigger. The chicks are only four weeks old. Some of the chicks have blue eyes and some chicks have brown eyes. At times you can see a golden fleck in their eyes. The chicks are all covered in cuddly feathers. Their feathers look pretty and adorable now, but as they grow older they will harden.

What do the chicks do?
The chicks eat bananas, which Mrs Rider explained is their favourite food. They hop up peoples arms and scurry across the newspaper on the ground. The chicks like to snuggle up with people, especially Max. The chicks peck at things when they are nervous. This is a defense mechanism to protect themselves. They try to run away from people that they don't know very well, for example they tried to escape our circle by running between the gaps. The chicks try to fly, but they actually can't. The baby feathers that the chicks have now are malting so that their adult feathers can come through. The chicks are quite shy because they don't know us.

Some facts about the chicks
* The chicks incubated for 21 days in their eggs before they hatched.
* The chicks squeak when you squeeze them too hard because it hurts and they can't breath.
* The chicks all came from different mothers, but only one hen raised them.
* Their little tweets might mean that they are stressed.