[see -HOOD.] The state or condition of a chicken.
1823. Blackw. Mag., XIV. 183. [They] enjoy the luxury of a natural death, in their chickenhood, from the hands of Dolly the Scullion.
1866. Guardian, 31 Oct. (Supp.). The instinct which leads it [a parrot] in unfledged chickenhood to imitate its parent.
