Kinsley Smith, a fourth grader at Butler Catholic, transports the first of six baby chicks from an incubator to a tote with a heat lamp attached. Students in Kate Jordan's class have been waiting for the past 21 days for the six eggs in the back of their classroom to hatch. On Friday morning, the last of the chicks hatched.

Students in Butler Catholic School's fourth-grade class were singing “Happy Birthday” Wednesday morning when they heard a tiny cracking sound.

The 10th birthday celebration of Kinsley Smith turned into a celebration for a baby chick egg that was finally hatching after incubating in the classroom for weeks at the East Locust Street school.

From there, the students couldn't take their eyes off the hatching Swedish Flower chick, which was part of Kate Jordan's lesson plan on life cycles.

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