barnyard fowls

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Night is the time when they slip around and catch these barnyard fowls.

From Light On the Child's Path by Bixler, William Allen

Science has explained many things, but it has not yet told why it sometimes happens that when seventeen eggs are hatched, the brood will consist of sixteen barnyard fowls and one eagle.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Hubbard, Elbert

Now and then, in open spaces in the path, I came upon shallow circular depressions where the bird had been dusting, an operation in which I had often seen our barnyard fowls complacently engaged.

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford

The flock, that heretofore like a group of barnyard fowls in the dust and the sun had remained indolently resting and preening their plumage, grew alert.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

There are barnyard fowls in plenty, bobbing their preoccupied heads as they search among the cobbles.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa