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School Hatching Projects

Hatching Good Lessons - Alternatives To School Hatching Projects
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Parental Appeal to Stop Daycare Chick Hatching Project Succeeds! 23 April 2012
Compassionate Student Saves Hatching Project Chick Fall 2010 Poultry Press
Bird Watching as an Alternative to Chick Hatching: United Federation of Teachers Humane Education Committee Booklet for Grades 2 to 6 22 April 2010
Bird Printouts (including chicken embryo printouts for labeling and coloring)
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Which Embryo is Human? (Adult fish, chickens, dogs, and lizards don’t look much like humans. So why do these embryos look so much alike?) (external link)
Close the Hatch 11 June 2007 - Philadelphia City Paper Letters to the Editor
Classroom Chick Hatching Projects Should Be Replaced with Humane Education 18 May 2007
Thousands of Baby Turkeys Perish in Airline Transport Fall 2006 Poultry Press
"Saved From the Meat Grinder" 31 March 2005

A Home for Henny
By Karen Davis
$4.95

This wonderful children’s book tells the touching story of a little girl named Melanie, a hen named Henny, and the bond they develop after Henny is saved from a classroom chick-hatching project. The story shows the sweetness of hens and why hatching projects should be replaced with humane teaching about birds. Beautifully illustrated by Patricia Vandenbergh, it’s the perfect gift for a child, parents, teachers and your local library

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