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Mis abuelos tienen gallinas en el pueblo.

Mis abuelos tienen gallinas en el pueblo.
My grandparents have hens in the village.
From Lesson 189:Farm and garden animals (el conejo, la mariposa)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Mis abuelos tienen gallinas en el pueblo.

Why does mis abuelos mean "my grandparents" and not "my grandfathers"?
In Spanish, the masculine plural is used for a mixed-gender group. So, mis abuelos can mean either two grandfathers, or (much more commonly) a grandfather and a grandmother.
I usually use pollo for "chicken". What is the difference between pollo and gallina?
Pollo is typically used for the meat you eat or for a young chick. Gallina specifically refers to a live adult female chicken (a hen). Because the grandparents are keeping live animals, gallinas is the correct word here.
Why isn't there an article before gallinas, like tienen unas gallinas or tienen las gallinas?
When you are talking about an unspecified quantity of a plural noun, Spanish often drops the article after the verb tener. Just like in English where we say "they have hens" rather than "they have the hens", Spanish simply uses tienen gallinas.
I've seen el pueblo used to mean "the people". How do I know it means "the village" here?
Pueblo is a versatile word that can mean "village", "small town", or "people/nation". You have to rely on context. Here, the phrase en el pueblo (in the village) tells us a physical location where someone can keep hens, rather than a group of people.

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