a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                            
| Example | Meaning | 
                                                                                                             
 Interviewer: What do you call um a hen that's sitting on eggs? Speaker: Clucking-hen.   | 
 a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,  |                                                                          
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                            
| Example | Meaning | 
                                                                                                             
 Interviewer: Oh, I see. What did you call a hen that was sitting on eggs? Not- Speaker: Ah, as- as, ah- that was a clucking hen. (laughs) A clucking hen.   | 
 a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,  |                                                                          
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                            
| Example | Meaning | 
                                                                                                             
 Speaker: The clucker. Interviewer: The one on the- on the nest? Interviewer: The clucking hen was the only one, you-see.   | 
 a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,  |