chicken feed

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Grooming services became a bigger part of the business in recent years, as had selling organic chicken feed and dog food made from avocados.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

Costco even built its own chicken plant in Nebraska to combat rising chicken feed prices.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023

That’s chicken feed compared with the 350 million tons of meat consumed around the world — a number that is only expected to grow.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

When he was the mayor of London in 2009, he told the BBC his £250,000 a year salary from the Telegraph was "chicken feed", adding he made "a substantial donation to charity".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

Sometimes my mother went in the barn and filled the pail with chicken feed, but before she reached the chicken coop, she set the pail down and moved off in another direction.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech