What is a Chick?
- A chick is a baby chicken.
- Different chicks have different colored down feathers.
- A chick has two wings and a beak.
- Chicks make cheeping sounds.
Click on the image to hear how a chick sounds like!
Chicks
How do Chicks come out of their eggs?
- Chicks use their little beaks to peck their way out of the eggs.
- When the chicks first hatch from their eggs, their legs are weak and wobbly.
- Newly hatched chicks' feathers are also wet from the water they have been living on, but their feathers will dry up and become fluffy after a few hours.
Watch a video of a baby chick hatching!
Questions to think about...
1. What did the chick use to crack out of the egg?
2. How is the chick's feathers different when it hatched out of its egg versus a few hours after?
3. What will you name the chicks?
1. What did the chick use to crack out of the egg?
2. How is the chick's feathers different when it hatched out of its egg versus a few hours after?
3. What will you name the chicks?
What do chicks eat?
- Most chicks are fed mashed seeds.
- They drink a lot of water as well.
Look how small and fluffy the chicks are!
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