Cokadoodledo, Friends!

HATCH A CHICK PROGRAM includes:

  • 7 egg Incubator (about the size of a basketball)

  • 3-4 Fertilized chicken eggs

  • “The Egg Story Lesson Plan” – includes important facts about eggs and chicks

  • Brooder box

  • Chick feed

  • Drinker

  • Keep the chicks for up to 7 days

  • One year membership to Poultry Park, including a certificate of hatch.

  • We drop off equipment and you can choose to KEEP the chicks, or return them to our program called Poultry Park

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When do you want your hatch date to be?

We currently have the following programs available:

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How it works?

Our knowledgeable staff will set up the equipment and place the eggs in the hatcher taking time to explain everything you need to know, but don’t worry if you can’t remember it all,  an in depth information manual can be found on our website, re-iterating all the important points and much more! For all you expectant mother hens, we are only a phone call away a Hatch A Chick team member is available 7 days a week.

Every moment can be observed through our 360 degree, high visibility hatcher. So you won’t miss a thing! The Incubator provides automatic egg turning by rotating egg disk with autostop 2 days prior to hatching. Countdown to date-of-hatch and temperature alarms on its digital display so you always know the status of your hatch.

How long does it take?

The chicks take 21 days to develop.

Once the 21 days is up, gather all your friends and family, to watch the amazing experience and the successful hatch of your chicks.

Once dry and fluffy, the chicks are transferred to our brooder box. We provide a heat lamp, bedding, food and drinker. Everything the chicks need.

You can now enjoy watching the chicks and their antics. They grow and change quickly over the next few days, and can become very tame. You’ll see their personalities and characters develop. Which one will be your favorite?

Keep the chicks for up to 7 days and then you are invited to bring your family to drop off the chicks at the local family farm, so they can be reunited with their flock.

 

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What some of our Hatch A Chick members have said…

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Hatching chicks was one of the most rewarding experiences of 2020! I fell in love with the little creatures and my kids learned a lot as well. Dave provides worksheets and we even weighed them and learned about graphing and statistics! I highly Hatch-A-Chick.
Even looking back at videos makes me feel calm and relaxed. I can’t wait to hold another chick soon!
— L Payne, Mom of 2, Coldstream, BC (my photos shown above)
David came to setup the incubator in late June and by mid-July we had chicks! The families at the library loved checking the eggs each visit and watching the chicks hatch. We let the public suggest names for the chicks. David ensured that we were well informed and prepared throughout the four weeks.
— Ashley Machum; Youth Services Librarian
We had the opportunity to be part of his Quality Farms Chicken Hatchery program. We were very impressed with his professionalism, punctuality and knowledge. David came into our daycare at the University of British Columbia, Kelowna Campus to show the children the baby chicks and explain the hatchery experience. The children enjoyed this very much as well as the staff. He was well organized and came with enough information for the staff to be prepared for the chickens.
His communication was clear and he was open to all the questions we had. I found him to be very educated and professional when it came to helping us. David was prompt to email me back and set up a time to come up to our centre.
I believe this is a great way to teach and involve the children and staff. His expertise and ability to explain this process with a large group of 1 ½ – 5 year olds is not an easy task and he did well. I think that this is an incredible learning experience for the children and think this could be used in many different environments with all ages.
I would definitely recommend David to other centers and schools.
— Diana Forbes; University Children’s Learning Centre
 
Our family’s experience hatching chicks has been such a wonderful learning experience for us in many ways. Besides learning first hand how the embryos develop, the life cycle of chickens, and how to care for chicks, we were able to witness the wonder and beauty of seeing six animals being born, which many people do not get to experience!
The whole “Hatch A Chick Educational Program” is so well organized that hatching up to seven chicks in a house was very straightforward. All the equipment and information needed is provided, and David is always a phone call or visit away to answer any questions.
We a very grateful there is educational program like this in our community!
— Blaine, Sue, Keaton and Emerson
David, Thank you for approching me with the idea to have chicks hatch here at Sandlewood Retirement Resort. As as activity coordinator I am constantly looking for new ideas and trying to think outside the box and I feel that this was the best idea ever- our residents were absolutely enthralled and I will repeat this event again. Always a facscination with new life.
Also, this gave us the answer to the age-old question-the egg came first!!!
And these were the words that were spoken by my upper management.
The chicks were in the cardboard box, but thinking- outside the box.
Thank you again David you were great from the beginning of the project to the end I will recommend this to the activity coordinators at our other Regency Resorts.
— Melinda Crowell; Activity Coordinator at Sandalwood Retirement Resort
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David Scherle

- Founder -

The best laid plans start with a bit of hard work and a lot of passion. You probably know him as “Chicken Dave” and that’s exactly what makes him smile! David has been a long time resident of Kelowna BC, his family has owned acreages in the gorgeous area of South East Kelowna since 1983, where he and his brother and sisters were raised with the opportunity to be surrounded by nature, and where David’s love for chickens began. He has spent his adult life building and growing the hatch a chick program, with the goal of sharing his love and passion for these silly animals with families like yours. David dreams of starting a community poultry park, where urban families can have the opportunity to experience raising chickens for eggs and meat, and learning first hand the importance of farm to table.

Embryonic Magic.

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