chicks
n. countablen. baby birds, especially young chickens that have just come out of their eggs. You often see them on farms in the spring.
n. young birds, specifically newly hatched domestic fowl. In informal registers, the term is also used as a slang reference to young women, though this usage is often considered patronising or offensive.
The mother hen keeps her chicks warm under her wings.
The farmer checked the incubator every hour to see if any more chicks had started to break through their shells.
Ornithologists observed that the chicks of this particular species are precocial, meaning they are capable of walking and feeding themselves almost immediately after hatching from the egg.
The plural form 'chicks' is the standard way to refer to a group of young birds.