Chicks
Hens
Both words in one sentence
- Farm animals are always cows, bulls, calves, pigs and piglets, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens (hens, roosters, chicks).
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In many farms, due to the lack of use of male chickens (who don't produce the meat and eggs that hens do), almost all male chicks are killed when born, be warned, many undercover videos depict graphic depictions of the chicks being slaughtered.
Source: Gendercide -
Hens when kept as pets can get this way too; when around someone she knows particularly well, a domestic hen will sometimes snuggle up to the person to keep said them warm if they get close enough, as if the human was one of her chicks.
Source: Team Mom
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