After a bee scares the cock-a-doodle-do out of him, Rooster anxiously searches the entire barnyard for it.

When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

A cat, pig, bee, chicken, and other farm animals describe what they did during the day.

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

Running through the farmyard looking for a place to hide from the wolf, a father rabbit creates enough commotion to protect all the animals on the farm.

Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.

When Chucky Ducky feels the earth beneath him grumble and rumble, he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake, but just as a wily weasel is about to take advantage of their fears, the true source of the rumbling is revealed.

As his fifth birthday party approaches, Little Rabbit decides to invite only those friends who are also too old to cry until he learns that others of all ages weep for all sorts of reasons.

All the animals of the barnyard community hurry to greet their newest member, who is just pecking his way out of an egg.