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How to pronounce brood hen in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter
Type of biddy, hen

Examples of brood hen

brood hen
Crazy mama black hen hatched out a brood of seven this spring.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Like a mother hen grooming her brood for the big, wide world, he makes sure they hold their ground, even if it comes at his expense.
From the abcnews.go.com
This hen didn't have a brood Friday morning.
From the kansas.com
We simply have to persevere in the tasks life sets before us, and be faithful to the God who loves us and who desires to draw us to him like a mother hen gathering her brood under her wings.
From the stltoday.com
As we ate our falafel at an outside table, a hen and four chicks of the Fair Oaks brood pecked about our feet, wise to the ways of Sunflower.
From the sacbee.com
To our surprise, she gave a resting hen a light kick, revealing a brood of tiny yellow chicks, and one of her granddaughters picked one up for us to hold.
From the frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com
The film's funniest episode stars Anna Magnani as a middle-aged mother hen trying to herd her brood of three children, her terrified husband and her aged mother-in-law across a highway.
From the time.com
There is a hen house, with a recently arrived new brood of chicks, and a spaniel and a Jack Russell are scampering between the apple trees playfully.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
After hatching, the hen fiercely guards the chicks, and will brood them when necessary to keep them warm, at first often returning to the nest at night.
From the en.wikipedia.org