Introduces the most common bird in the world by presenting facts about its physical characteristics, what it eats, where it lives, and the eggs which it lays.
Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead her stalker into one accident after another.
By the time a chicken's innocent remark about losing a feather is passed on from one bird to another, it turns into a wild story about the suicidal deaths of five lovesick hens.