Geoff says the children he has in the SPCA classroom sometimes have no concept about animals and their life cycles.
As an example, he says in the summer they had tadpoles in the classroom and some children could not tell him what they were.
Geoff says they had a group of students from IDEA Services there as the chicks started hatching, which was lovely.
He is hoping the children he does a literature programme with can write and tell their peers about it, and that they can use the chicks for the next couple weeks for children to read to.
"I just think a lot of our students are losing contact with the real world, so when they can come here, pick up a day old chick, and help feed it and observe it it's fantastic."
He says it also builds on the empathy they have.
The chicks will be returned to Free as a Bird when they start growing feathers. Free as a Bird has had great success in rescuing and re-homing caged birds.