day-old chicks
Just-hatched baby birds
Day-old chicks are newly hatched chickens, typically sold or shipped within 24 hours of hatching.
Hatcheries send them to farms, feed stores, or backyard poultry keepers while they're still living off absorbed yolk nutrients and don't yet need food or water.
The term appears in agricultural contexts and poultry catalogs: We ordered fifty day-old chicks for the spring.
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
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- peepingLooking through cracks
- brooderHeated shelter for chicks
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
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