keep chickens

Frequency: 6.84.1 per million words

to own and care for chickens, usually for their eggs or meat

chickenVERB + CHICKEN (bird)

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Examples (10)

  • My grandparents keep chickens in their backyard for fresh eggs every morning.
  • Is it legal to keep chickens in a residential area like this?
  • They started keeping chickens last year and now enjoy a steady supply of eggs.
  • We're considering keeping chickens to teach our children about where food comes from.
  • If you keep chickens, you must protect them from predators like foxes and hawks.
  • Before you decide to keep chickens, you should calculate the costs of feed and housing.
  • Many homesteaders keep chickens not only for eggs but also for pest control in their gardens.
  • He keeps a variety of heritage breed chickens on his smallholding.
  • We chose not to keep chickens because our yard is too small.
  • She discovered that keeping chickens was a surprisingly relaxing and enjoyable hobby.