The phrase "a young chick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a young female bird, particularly in informal contexts or when discussing youth in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The farmer was excited to see a young chick hatch from the egg."
Alternatives: "a baby bird" or "a juvenile hen".
She is 62 — "I'm not a young chick anymore," she said, "but I try to keep my voice from sounding like it's aged".
A model of a Burmese jungle fowl (the species whose domestication produced domestic chickens) serves as a more effective imprinting object for a young chick than does a red ball; there is even evidence that imprinting in the latter case involves different neural circuits from those involved in imprinting to more natural stimuli.
I can tell you in molecular terms precisely what happens in particular regions of a young chick's brain in the minutes or hours following training on a simple task - which is pretty much the same as what happens in rats and mice too.
Back at VulPro, Ms Wolter is feeding a young chick she has named PJ.
And dress appropriately, you're not a young chick anymore".
"He described her as a young chick getting her first taste of politics and never looked back". Of course, Monahan was referring to the successful drive to limit building heights in Laguna and Rollinger's six terms as city clerk and, after a few years in retirement, her election to the City Council.
When you're 85 years old and go to singles bar to pick up a couple young chicks, that won't work no matter what your spirit is.
They resumed their relationship in 1969, and it not only marked Hutcherson's growing confidence as a composer, but also the appearance of the young Chick Corea as an influential contributor.
Only a young chocobo chick and a couple of his friends are left behind.
Last night was one of these occasions, when I was confronted by a tech evangelist from another vendor who -- though not intending to cause offense -- blithely announced to a table of my industry colleagues that I had obviously gotten the10gen job due to being a "young hot chick," and that had I been "an ugly girl of 300 pounds" I wouldn't have been sat there that evening.
Administration of the inactive isomer d-lactate (1.75 mM; ic), immediately post-training, resulted in a persistent retention loss from 40 min post-training when used in conjuction with a single trial discrimination avoidance task designed for the young chick.
