have been feeding the chickens as a answer to where have you been

[ademoglu]

Hello,

*self-made*

Friend: Where have you been?

Me: I have been feeding the chickens.

I would like to ask if it is OK to use 'have been feeding' or should I use 'I was feeding the chickens'?

Thanks.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Both are acceptable, but because it is recent, the present perfect is better.

 

[Rover_KE]

In casual conversation, I'd just say 'Feeding the chickens'.

 

[Polyester]

Can I say that "the chickens were very huge size than before, because they have been feded by me"?:lol:

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I say that "the chickens were very huge size than before, because they have been feded by me"?:lol:

No. "Very huge size" is tautologous and ungrammatical. The present perfect of "to feed" is not "have been feded".

 

[Polyester]

What about this now?
"the chickens were very bigger than before, because I have been to feed them"?

 

[MikeNewYork]

The chickens were bigger because I fed them.