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chicken vs chickens

Both 'chicken' and 'chickens' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Chicken' is the singular form, referring to one bird, while 'chickens' is the plural form, referring to more than one bird.

Last updated: May 19, 2024 • 853 views

chicken

This is the singular form of the word 'chicken', referring to one bird.

Use 'chicken' when referring to a single bird of the species Gallus gallus domesticus.

Examples:

I had a delicious chicken for dinner.
The chicken laid an egg in the coop.

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Alternatives:

a chicken
the chicken
my chicken
this chicken
that chicken

chickens

This is the plural form of the word 'chicken', referring to more than one bird.

Use 'chickens' when referring to multiple birds of the species Gallus gallus domesticus.

Examples:

There are many chickens in the farm.
She raises chickens in her backyard.

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A diminished water intake in chickens may occur occasionally.
For long-lasting immunity, chickens should be revaccinated every 6 weeks.
But suppose someday there weren't any chickens.
Certainly is to the chickens and ostriches.
Sure, just cut them up like regular chickens.
Tomatoes, unlike whales, chickens and Japanese, are vegetables.
There are no chickens around here.
My country is killing 25 million chickens.
Herning's chickens aren't tasty.
In the chicken coop, there are 6 chickens.
If you kill ducks and chickens you smell of blood.
Feeding these chickens... helps me clear my mind.
What I enjoy the most is plucking them like chickens.
All I see is sugar and some burnt chickens.
Even the chickens are happy here.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza isolates have been obtained primarily from chickens and turkeys.
Antibiotics are bad even for chickens.
Come on, we're naming the chickens.
Maybe them Mafia chickens came home to roost after all.
It's hell to meet girls when you're paid in chickens.

Alternatives:

some chickens
those chickens
many chickens
several chickens
a few chickens

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