"החקלאים קונים תרנגולות."

Translation: The agriculturalists are buying hens.

[alexkrule]

What's the difference between חקלאי and איכר?

[NaftaliFri1]

The actual farmer is איכר

Agriculture is חקלאות, so חקלאי is, more literally, an agriculturist.

They are both used to mean the same, the former is much more common (as I believe is in English)

[FsqBrDe]

What about חוואי? I came across this word earlier in this lession.

[ChayaDoppelt]

That's a rancher

[Theresa754142]

Ha-khaqlaim qonim tarnegolot.

[aribornst]

תרנגול is also a rooster

[AlmogL]

True, but the plural form is תרנגולים.

[Mabel544786]

What do you call small ("baby"-) hens/roosters in Hebrew? I guess most farmers buy them when they are small...

[dsjanta]

They are called אפרוח (efróach) - chick (singular) and אפרוחים (efrochím) - chicks (plural). Technically, there is also אפרוחית and אפרוחיות (efrochít and efrochiyót) for a female chick, but I am sure it is just a technical term, not really used in everyday life.

source: https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97

[YardenNB]

The female is actually אפרוחה and אפרוחות, and it is used, I guess because farmers make sure to buy only, or almost only, female chicks. Search for אפרוחות in Google and you'll find a couple of thousands of hits from the news press.