Word after chicken or breast

FEED

Think of what you might give to poultry or livestock to nourish them, or the term used when someone is being overly critical in a phrase like "I don’t need your ___."

This clue plays on common two-word phrases where "chicken" or "breast" comes first. "Chicken feed" means a small amount of money, while "breast feed" refers to nursing a baby—both end with "feed." The answer is simply the shared word that follows in those expressions.