Meet a Baby Chicken

Meet a Baby Chicken — page 1 — Breaking out Peep Peep Peep A baby chicken calls from inside its egg It is getting ready to break

Meet a Baby Chicken — page 2 — A chick begins as a single cell inside an egg The cell divides many times as the chick grows The egg s yolk gives food to the growing chick After three weeks the chick is ready to hatch The yellow liquid in an egg is the

Meet a Baby Chicken — page 3 — The chick pecks from inside its egg It taps with the hard bump at the end of its beak This bump is called an egg tooth The egg tooth cracks the shell Do you see the tiny egs tooth near the A tip of this beak I TESSE

Meet a Baby Chicken — page 4 — The hole in the shell grows larger and larger Finally the chick struggles out Its feathers are damp Bits of shell might stick to its skin The little chick is

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