chickenhood
English
Etymology
chicken + -hood
Noun
chickenhood (uncountable)
- The state or period of being a chicken.
- 1880, Lewis Wright, The Illustrated Book of Poultry (page 104)
- From earliest chickenhood the birds are brought up so as to never perceive that the keeper has anything to do with their feed.
- 1880, Lewis Wright, The Illustrated Book of Poultry (page 104)