Percy the Bad Chick (p. 177 Gemma Hardy)

This book that Nell was reading was part of a series called Old Lob, stories of a kindly farmer with a large range of livestock including Percy, whose adventures helped children to read in Primary School. Introduced in the Forties, it mimicked what I experienced in grade school when introduced to the Dick and Jane books with their dog Spot. Other Old Lob characters included Master Willy the pig, Mr. Grumps the goat, Miss Tibbs the cat, and Mrs. Cuddy the cow.

(archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-december-1981/34/old-lobs-hour)