How Do the Chicks Learn to Eat? Captive-hatched cranes for the ultralight-led migrations have no crane parents to teach them how migrate — or even how to feed themselves. How do the little chicks learn to eat? Click on the video and see! Video Clip: Puppet Teaches the Chick to Eat During Viewing After Viewing: Video: Operation Migration As you watch Can't View Video? Macs PCs What sounds do you hear? Write down action words to describe movements you see. Write down questions you have. After Viewing: Read more from a human "chick mama" (with a crane puppet) teaching the chick to eat: Bev's Story