Cooked chooks, we hear? (6)
I believe the answer is:
brewed
'cooked' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'chooks we hear?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'we' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bred' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brewed that I've seen before include "ready to get drunk?" , "Fermented" , "make beer" , "Made tea or beer" , "Made by boiling and fermentation, say beer" .)