Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure. While learning to survive, she discovers the courage to find her way back home and take her place among the other chickens.

While trying to escape from a wolf, four frightened chickens keep getting themselves into the very predicaments they are trying to avoid.

Cocorina the hen is sometimes clumsy and things don't always work out well for her chicks, but she loves them very much and they love her too, even if everyone else seems to think she is a terrible mother.

Harriet the chicken rescues her foolish friend from the clutches of a wiley fox.

Earl and Pearl do not want Chicken's help in the garden, until a swarm of grasshoppers arrives and her true talent shines.

Hen, Duck, and Goose go on a picnic but have trouble deciding where to stop and eat.

When a mean dog blocks the path to the garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is.

A mother hen tries several different places before she finds the right spot to lay and hatch her eggs.