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brood hen

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Noun1.brood hen - a domestic hen ready to brood
broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter
biddy, hen - adult female chicken
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Here's an example: "before she came to live here [the place of Corpus Dominil this Sister Lucia saw a gold brood hen with all her chicks, and when she tried to embrace or grasp it, it plunged underground and she saw it no mo re" (29).
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Despite their small size, bantams do well as brood hens and foster mothers for chicks from other birds.
The homestead chicken by Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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