Central Kansas Library System

Presents a guide to acquiring and brooding hatchlings, covering such topics as setting up a brooder; managing water, feed, and bedding; chick development and health issues; and managing and operating the incubator.

"This title explores the life cycle of a chicken in the wild as well as exploring concepts such as laying eggs and other chicken behaviors relevant to farm life"--

Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.

Five baby chickens want to have some fun and visit with the other farm animals before bedtime.

"An exploration of the life cycle and life span of chickens, using up-close photographs and step-by-step text to follow a chicken's growth process from egg to chick to mature chicken"--

Text and photographs follow a baby chick through its first year of life as it learns how to peck for food, plays with other chicks, and develops into a rooster.

Chick's new baby brother won't leave Chick alone. Instead, he adoringly waddles along, no matter where Chick goes.

When Mother Mouse's son Squeakins runs away after a cat scared him, no one has any clue where he went! Is he hiding in the tree? The basket? The hill? Who can solve the case of the missing mouse? Why, Sherlock Chick, that's who! With a magnifying glass, a purple plaid hat, and his beak to the ground, acclaimed artist and author Robert Quackenbush's super teeny, super sleuth is ready to get cracking and solve his latest mystery!

Can friendship bloom between a dog and a chick?

Following Mama Hen's request, Chick reluctantly babysits his brother-to-be, an energetic egg.