cluck
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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To bring up children, trust an old hen who has clucked over a brood of her own!”
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett