chicken farmer
Raises hens professionally
A chicken farmer raises chickens commercially, typically for eggs, meat, or both.
The term is straightforward—someone whose agricultural livelihood centers on poultry: Her grandfather was a chicken farmer in Arkansas.
Like other compound occupational terms, it describes the work without ambiguity.
- coopPoultry enclosure
- broilerTop-heat cooking compartment
- laying hensFemale poultry producing eggs
- roostBird's sleeping spot
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
feeders · incubator · poultry · breeder · free-range · battery cage · pecking order · clutch · henhouse · layers · molting · brooder · vaccination · bird flu · hatchery · waterers · fencing · agriculture
- animal breederscat breeder, horse breeder, cattle breeder, backyard breeder, kennel
- poultry jobsvaccinator, bird handler
- farmersgrower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher, homesteader
- farmworkersfarmworker, field hand, fieldworker, hired hand, migrant worker
- livestock workerscowboy, rancher, cattleman, cowherd, cowhand
- poultry industryTyson Foods, hatchery, incubator, integrator, processing plant
chicken farmercattle rancher
One who raises bovines
crop farmer · grain farmer · vegetable farmer · wheat farmer · dairy farmer
chicken farmercity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
urbanite · office worker · investment banker · software developer · factory worker
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