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Examples of chicken feed in a Sentence
The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.
Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!
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Its profits are often influenced by avian flu and by corn (chicken feed) prices.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The company also refined its vaccine regimen, and adjusted its chicken feed by adding probiotics and removing animal byproducts, which can irritate the birds’ guts, among other changes.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
From there, it will be taken to one of Mill’s partner farms, where your food scraps will go on to become chicken feed.
—Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2024
The price of chicken feed — which represents 70% of a farmer’s costs — has fallen significantly after doubling between 2020 and 2022, Hart said.
—Mark Vancleave, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20feed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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