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title: "Poultry news"
url: "https://floweryfieldschool.org.uk/blog/2016-10-26-15-28-00-poultry-news"
school: "Flowery Field Primary School"
---

# Poultry news

   26 October 2016

The outbreak of 'bird-flu' nationally put paid to our plans to adopt "rescue hens".

Instead, our Reception children have been looking after eggs in an incubator and they have begun hatching today (8th March). When they are big enough they will move out onto the farm.

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