We sadly have a poorly chicken at the moment so this morning we made up some special chicken 'medicine' within some scrambled eggs with a hope that it might help.
The bees were both very keen to do anything they could to help 'speckle'
We set up a pen in the poly tunnel so she was away from the other chickens. She looked a sad little thing. Not sure what's wrong with her. :-(
Big bee picking some lettuce leaves for her..
Back inside and some science experiments.
First we used a dropper to drop water onto a 1p. We guessed how many drips it could hold. We were quite surprised it held 34!!
We then added dish soap to the water and tried again, it nearly halved the amount of drips. Fascinating!
Next we done a sink/float experiment. The bees collected objects and guessed if they would sink or float and made piles. We then experimented to find the answers!
One of the last things to try was a lemon! It floated but we found once peeled it no longer floated. We tried to replicate a skin from play doh but it still sunk.
We also found while a blob of play doh sunk, a boat shaped piece floated. Lots of questions being fired at me during this!
Big bee then done some of her new biff chip kipper activity book.
Outside to check on chickens again. More little grey-eee cuddle. Big bee is so took by this chicken. She loves her so much. Thanking our lucky stars its not her whose ill at the moment.
Speckle was looking so poorly I put her out on the grass. I felt if she was on her way out then at least she could range freely. She actually perked up a bit outside. Drank lots of water, and ate too. Still looks poorly mind.
She's all tucked up to bed now. Fingers crossed she's still with us in the morning. Or if she does pass on that she can do it peacefully in her sleep.
