What does the idiom Chicken Feed mean?

When referring to business or money, chicken feed means a small or insignificant amount of money.

This idiom, and the associated "wake up with the cows", means to go to bed early in the evening, so as to get good rest durign each night's sleep (and similarly, to wake up early, to utilise the...

Mostly grain, but for a treat you can give them greens (such as grass) or even things like partly rotten squashes or apples.

Chickens need a well balance nutritional diet. This is difficult to do without a commercial feed. A good quality non medicated "layer complete" from the agricultural supply store is best, even for...

Feeding Chickens, Hens & Roosters. Baby chicks should be fed a specially formulated chick starter or chick feed. Laying hens need high-protein laying mash supplemented with crushed oyster shells...