cluckers

Barnyard egg layers

Cluckers is slang for chickens, playing on the clucking sound they make.

In drug slang, cluckers are crack cocaine addicts—people so desperate for their next hit they'll do almost anything, behaving erratically like agitated hens: The cluckers were out on the corner at 3 a.m.

chickens

hens

Female chickens

roostersMale chickens
broodHatchlings as a group
flockAnimals gathered together

pullets · cockerels · bantams · layers · free-range · broilers · feathers · beaks · wattles · combs

sounds

cackle

Harsh, shrill laugh

squawkHarsh grating bird cry
crowLarge black corvid
cheepFaint bird sound

peep · alarm call · chatter · gabble

poultry

fowl

Birds for the table

birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
egg-layingReproducing via external ova
hatcheryEgg incubation facility

incubator · brooding · chicks · peeps · laying hens · dual-purpose · backyard flock · poultry farming · husbandry · breeding

foraging

scratch

Superficial wound or mark

peckDry measure or quick kiss
grainCereal plant's harvest unit
seedsPlant embryos in casings

worms · insects · bugs · grit · pebbles · forage · free-range · pasture · grubs · kitchen scraps

coop

henhouse

Poultry dwelling

roostBird's sleeping spot
nesting boxesEnclosures for laying eggs
perchesElevated resting spots

feeders · waterers · chicken wire · run · enclosure · bedding · ventilation · dust bath · heat lamp

Opposites

sex/gender in poultry

cluckersroosters

Male chickens

cocks · cockerels · capons

vocalization style (when referring to talkative people)

cluckersstrong silent types

Quietly capable, emotionally restrained individuals

listeners · wallflowers · introverts

Family

clucked, clucker

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G