Thursday, April 18, 2013

Welcome to the New Chicks in the Sixth Grade!


Welcome to Chicks in Six!, a blog through which to explore and reflect on our visiting 6th graders: six pullets, or baby female chicks!  The chicks come to us from Earth Matter, an awesome non-profit organization that educates about compost and urban agriculture.  After a few weeks learning to play well with others and picking up some 6th grade English skills, the pullets will return to their flock and move to their new home at Governors Island.  There, they'll live in the Earth Matter "Hot Chicks Room" and help make beautiful compost!  Join the CSS 6th graders in welcoming our six newest classmates!

51 comments:

  1. These new chicks are so cute and I love the fact that they adopted to their new environment so quickly. Being able to hold them so soon is fun and doesn't get people impatient. It's a good thing that you wont here this: "Why do we have to wait to touch them. Can't we touch them now?"

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Well, I didn't get to hold one yet!

      Delete
    2. Why do we have to wait to touch them. Can't we touch them now?

      Delete
    3. Patience my friends, patience. :)

      Delete
  2. The hens are adorable my favorite one is the one with the brown stride down her back.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love the baby chicks they are so cute

    ReplyDelete
  4. Which is your favorite chicken?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. The one with the chestnut-colored stripe down its back and on its head.

      Delete
    2. I like all of them, I don't know why everyone's giving all the attention to the one with the stripe on it's back! What about the other chicks? I think they're cute too!!!!! :)

      Delete
  5. Replies
    1. Totally they all are so cute!

      Delete
    2. Yeah I love them all.

      Delete
    3. All of them are equally adorable, so there isn't any need for favoritism.

      Delete
    4. Really Brooke

      Delete
    5. Really Jenna!!!!! :( Brooke is just speaking the truth!!! Don't hate on the truth!!!!! :)

      Delete
  6. They are just so adorable. It's so hard not to hold them ALL the time. :(

    ReplyDelete
  7. I know. They are so adorable!

    ReplyDelete
  8. The chickens are really nice

    ReplyDelete
  9. I hope the baby chick with her eye hurt gets better

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. the baby chicks eye is hurt i didn't know that i hope it gets better

      Delete
    2. Her eye is better!!!!! YAY!!!!! :)

      Delete
  10. They are so cute!!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. I think we should name one of the twins Boston, in honor of the incident and the other twin New York b/c we were helping Boston.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That's a good idea but I like the name Oreo.

      Delete
    2. I prefer Boston and New York!!!!!! Besides, we eat Oreo's and we WON'T eat the baby chicks, their too cute for that!!!!! :)

      Delete
    3. Good point. I never thought of that, but too late 'cause I already voted for Oreo.

      Delete
  12. Hopefully the little baby's eye gets better.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Prof. Hill said her eye is healing!!!! YAY!!!!! :)

      Delete
  13. I think the reddish chick should be called Amber! --Ethan Rubin 6.3

    ReplyDelete
  14. One of the chicks pecked me. What should that illustrate?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Did you have food in your hand? Anyway, their pecks don't hurt.

      Delete
    2. Yeah because when the chicks ate food from my hand they did not peck me

      Delete
    3. The chicks are SO FRIENDLY!!!!!! I'm happy when they eat from my hand!!!!!! :)

      Delete
  15. Well, 3 chicks came up to my hand, and all at the same time, they started pecking at my ring!!!!! Prof. Hill kept saying, "Oh my god, that's SO FUNNY"!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ha! After that, Angel tried to take my ring off! Chicks seem to like shiny things... or our taste in rings, Niagale! :)

      Delete
  16. I didn't think it was that hilarious, but it was kinda funny. :)

    ReplyDelete
  17. They are ADORABLE

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    2. HEM HEM we get the point.

      Delete
  18. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I should write for my post...?

    ReplyDelete
  19. Ya. About life. As a chick

    ReplyDelete
  20. But the chicks aren't sisters. There are multiple breeds.

    ReplyDelete