Chicks and Chickens by Gail Gibbons
	List Price:   $7.99 Unit Price:   $6.39 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0823419398 ISBN-13:   9780823419395 Publisher:   Holiday House Edition:   illustrated Category:   Animals/Creatures, Agriculture Pub. Date:   January 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Paper 2 Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Subjects
Animals Farm Animals Chickens
Description/Notes
Domestic chickens are an essential part of the agriculture and food production in America. Gibbons takes a look at how chicken eggs are developed for human consumption and at how fertilized eggs develop into embryos and finally into fuzzy little baby chicks. The behaviour of chicks, hens, and roosters is discussed, and descriptions of the different breeds of chickens across America are provided. Once again Gibbons provides a colourful, accessible account of this familiar, domesticated bird. Chicks look like fluffy, yellow balls, but they don't stay that way for long. It only takes a few months for a chick to become a rooster or a hen. This book follows the life cycle of chickens from eggs to embryos to hatchlings and finally to adults.