for chicken feed

for chicken feed

For a very paltry or minuscule amount of money; for nearly no money or the absolute minimum amount. I managed to get tickets! Suzy's brother has a connection in the stadium, so we got them for chicken feed! I had a few jobs during college working for chicken feed, but it was the only work I could get that fit in with my schedule.
See also: chicken, feed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

for chicken feed

 and for peanuts
Fig. for nearly nothing; for very little money. (Also used without for.) Bob doesn't get paid much. He works for chicken feed. You can buy an old car for chicken feed. I won't do that kind of work for peanuts!
See also: chicken, feed
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

for chicken feed

verb
See for peanuts
See also: chicken, feed
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • for peanuts
  • peanut
  • birdseed
  • chicken feed
  • lay out (an amount of money) on (someone or something)
  • lay out on
  • make (an amount of money) on (something)
  • make money on
  • out
  • out (some amount of money)
References in periodicals archive
Formulation for chicken feed is very expensive, employing corn, soybean and synthetic methionine.
High-protein corn for developing nations. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref)
'I am always in debt at my local agrovet for chicken feeds because what I get from the sale of eggs is not enough.
Farmers sell eggs at throwaway prices, burn trayloads as imports hurt profits