Maybe interesting to know google struggles with the word flock too.
Flock is translated to ‘kudde’. We use ‘kudde’ for mammals like cows (cattle), goats, sheep and a group of horses (but not in front of a carriage). So google should translate ‘kudde’ to herd. But it only does so in a context.
For chickens we use the word ‘toom’.
A ‘toom’ is the name for a group of birds belonging to the duck family or gallinaceous family, or for a litter of piglets. Google translates ‘een toom chickens’ to ‘a flock of chickens’. But translating it from English to Dutch it uses the word for herd.
Diving into wikipedia I started to wonder why @Shadrach choose the word tribe (only for humans) and didnt choose the word herd giving sn alternative word. Herd seems to describe the way chickens live in the wild better than tribe imo. Of course the numbers/groups of chickens are much smaller in general. Not everything fits.
A herd is
a group of mammals that live together. A herd offers the animals protection. While some animals graze peacefully, others keep watch. It's much harder for a predator to attack a herd than a single animal. And if a predator does manage to snatch an animal, the rest can flee while the unlucky one is eaten.
If an animal ends up outside the herd, it's doomed. Therefore, the strategy of predators is often to isolate a single animal, preferably a young, old, or weak one, from the herd. This can be done, for example, by placing itself between the prey and the rest of the herd.
There is a hierarchy within a herd. There is one clear leader. This can be a male or a female; this depends on the species. Young animals are always at the bottom of the hierarchy. Often, the largest and strongest animals are placed at the edge of the herd, while the young animals, who need the most protection, must remain in the center.
Keeping livestock herds was an important step in human development: instead of having to hunt animals for meat, it became possible to keep the meat nearby. Herding livestock in herds was a step in the domestication of animals.
a group of mammals that live together. A herd offers the animals protection. While some animals graze peacefully, others keep watch. It's much harder for a predator to attack a herd than a single animal. And if a predator does manage to snatch an animal, the rest can flee while the unlucky one is eaten.
If an animal ends up outside the herd, it's doomed. Therefore, the strategy of predators is often to isolate a single animal, preferably a young, old, or weak one, from the herd. This can be done, for example, by placing itself between the prey and the rest of the herd.
There is a hierarchy within a herd. There is one clear leader. This can be a male or a female; this depends on the species. Young animals are always at the bottom of the hierarchy. Often, the largest and strongest animals are placed at the edge of the herd, while the young animals, who need the most protection, must remain in the center.
Keeping livestock herds was an important step in human development: instead of having to hunt animals for meat, it became possible to keep the meat nearby. Herding livestock in herds was a step in the domestication of animals.
The term tribe
is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of humansocial group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflicting theoretical understandings of social and kinship structures, and also reflecting the problematic application of this concept to extremely diverse human societies. Its concept is often contrasted by anthropologists with other social and kinship groups, being hierarchically larger than a lineage or clan, but smaller than a chiefdom, ethnicity, nation or state. These terms are similarly disputed. In some cases tribes have legal recognition and some degree of political autonomy from national or federal government, but this legalistic usage of the term may conflict with anthropological definitions.
is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of humansocial group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflicting theoretical understandings of social and kinship structures, and also reflecting the problematic application of this concept to extremely diverse human societies. Its concept is often contrasted by anthropologists with other social and kinship groups, being hierarchically larger than a lineage or clan, but smaller than a chiefdom, ethnicity, nation or state. These terms are similarly disputed. In some cases tribes have legal recognition and some degree of political autonomy from national or federal government, but this legalistic usage of the term may conflict with anthropological definitions.
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I’ll go back to the peanut gallery now.
I had to look it up 
