Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm, a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger plan to escape their prisonlike coop. The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy decides to stop selling eggs and use the hens as the main ingredient in chicken pot pies. However, some hope literally falls from the sky in the form of Rocky, an American rooster who promises to teach the chickens how to fly. As the hens begin their struggle to get airborne, the monstrous pie-making machine arrives, giving the chickens precious little time to make their great escape.