Home Eggucation
Home Hatching – a fantastic experience for all the family
Eggucation managers offer an AMAZING deal to families local to their area. We offer the same quality ethical high-welfare hatching experience for you to have AT HOME! Either as an amazing home education resource, or simply the BEST birthday, Easter or even Christmas treat!
Both of our areas offer a range of options to tailor your EGGsperience to your requirements, but these packages are more often available at weekends and in the school holidays, especially in Feb and March. These home hatches are only available as a 21 day hatch, due to egg transport logistics, and you need to be able to collect from Debs (North Sheffield) or Dani (Retford) and drop off at the end of your experience.
Please note that prices shown on our managers pages are NOT the same as our Home Hatch prices. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR MANAGER FOR PRICES.
There are many options to tailor your Eggucation experience to your setting but all HOME hatching packages contain the following:
🐥 Top of the range Fully Automatic Incubator.
🐥 Full demo of incubator set up
🐥 All feeds, feeders, bedding you will need for keeping chicks.
🐥 Fabulous brooder cage with unhindered visibility of your newly hatched chicks.
🐥 Heat pad for your chicks to hide under and keep warm (low wattage, so safe for children).
🐥 Comprehensive instruction file.
🐥Full telephone support 24/7 – no question is too daft – the support we offer is second to none – see our testimonials.
Please check on the map above and contact your area below for prices
Please click on the map above and select your area below for prices
How much does it cost?
Our amazing ETHICAL hatching packages START at £230 (+VAT in some areas). But ALL of our areas offer a range of options to tailor your EGGsperience to your setting, requirements and budget. Please take a look at the OPTIONS below, then click on the area you wish to book in for more information about how to contact YOUR EGGspert… let us help you hatch your fantastic plan…….
🐣Build your bespoke hatching experience….🐣
Fantastic STEM Talk & Meet the Hens?
🐓Meet the Hens🐓
Our most popular option and the price of this is included in our standard pricing system – its the part we love and has always been just another reason why Eggucation is special!
🐥 Tame hens for everyone to pet, feed and stroke…. they LOVE this bit….
🐥 Age-specific STEM based classroom talk. From reception class through to ‘A’ level biology and nursing homes. From simple question and answer sessions about what they eat, to the genetics of colour inheritance in chickens…… we’ve got it covered
🐥 We also factor in 30 mins staff time, to go through what you need to do – but don’t worry we leave a super informative step by step instruction book.
No Classroom Talk
Ideal if you are on a tight budget, this option is £30 cheaper than our standard packages. Please get in touch for a bespoke quote!
🐥We deliver your eggs and equipment just as in the STEM talk option, but just carry out the staff briefing to show you what you need to do, set up your incubator, and leave you with a comprehensive step-by-step instruction book. Ideal if you are on a budget!!
Package Size – Regular or Xl?
🐥 Regular Package
Our most popular package –
🐥 7 egg fully automatic Brinsea Incubator with a mix of our beautiful Rare Breed hen eggs
🐥 ONE brooder cage for your bundles of fluffy joy!
🐥 45 min approx Classroom Talk with Meet & Greet with hens
We offer a discount for multiple sets booked on the same day for the same school.
Prices start from £240.
🐥 XL Package
Ideal for larger schools or schools with multi-form entry-
🐥 ONE large fully automatic Brinsea Octagon incubator with 16 of our beautiful mixed pure Rare Breed eggs.
🐥 TWO brooder cages. Display your incubator in a central location so that all the children can experience the chicks hatching, then split the chicks between two cages for different classes.
🐥 60 mins approx Classroom Talk – presentation with all the children then individual classes meet and greet with the hens.
We can provide 3 cages + for very large schools – please ring and ask us for a bespoke quote.
Prices start from £375.
Incubation Options – 21 days or Quick Hatch?
🐥 21 Day Incubation
We set your eggs on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, and they incubate for the full 21 days in your school.
🐥 Shows the real length of time of incubation – another learning opportunity.
🐥 Enjoy using our Incubation Diary to discuss the changes that are happening inside each egg every day.
🐥 Build up the excitement as you wait for the eggs to hatch.
🐥 Use the countdown calendar to count down to hatch – lots of numeracy opportunities!
🐥 Enables you to enjoy a Candling Session around 7-10 days incubation – see below!
🐥 Quick Hatch
We deliver pre-incubated eggs to your home to hatch two days later. This will involve additional costs, and has more limited availability especially Jan – July.
🐥 Ideal for younger children – no waiting!
There are many options to tailor your Eggucation experience to your setting but all hatching packages contain the following:
🐥 Delivery of your top of the range PAT tested equipment and eggs (mileage may be charged outside a 30 mile radius of Eggucation Offices)
🐥 Top of the range Fully Automatic Incubator. They can be left over weekends and short half term holidays if someone pops in to check the water levels.
🐥 Full incubator set up and staff briefing.
🐥 Tame hens for everyone to pet, feed and stroke…. they LOVE this bit….
🐥 Age-specific STEM based classroom talk. From reception class through to ‘A’ level biology and nursing homes. From simple question and answer sessions about what they eat, to the genetics of colour inheritance in chickens…… we’ve got it covered
🐥 All feeds, feeders, bedding you will need for keeping chicks.
🐥 Fabulous brooder cage with unhindered visibility of your newly hatched chicks.
🐥 Heat pad for your chicks to hide under and keep warm (low wattage, so safe for the pupils).
🐥 Comprehensive instruction file.
🐥 Key Stage specific resources designed by teachers for teachers exclusively for our clients.
🐥 Ovascope for candling eggs (for years 5+ – other years as Bespoke Service)
🐥Full telephone support 24/7 – no question is too daft – the support we offer is second to none – see our testimonials.
Candling Packages
After your eggs have been incubating for 7-10 days we can return to your school and carry out a 1 hour age-specific candling workshop with your students. This involves a lesson on the science of an egg, from the point of view of the chick. We look at chick development, and then gather to candle your eggs. Your pupils will be spellbound by their chicks jumping about in their shells! This service starts at an additional £75.
We can also offer Bespoke packages for all ages – from Full Day workshops in Secondary Schools (KS3-A Level), to school events and staff INSET on the delights of keeping hens in schools.
But we know that every school is different – we understand that and will accommodate any special requirements – just ring and ask!