The farmer checked the laying hens at dawn to ensure they had clean water and comfortable nesting boxes.

Animal welfare organizations protested the inhumane conditions endured by battery hens at the factory farm.

Conservationists photographed several wild heath hens before their final disappearance from the island.

The old farm's hen-houses were painted bright red to attract tourists.

The foragers found a cluster of hens of the woods at the base of an old oak and planned to roast them for dinner.

Before the first frost, the farmer repaired the broken hen houses so the hens would stay warm.

At dawn, the hen-hawks circled the farm, waiting for an unguarded chicken.

Every morning the water hens paddled quietly near the reeds at the marsh's edge.

I found a huge hen of the woods growing at the base of an old oak and cooked it for dinner.

The conservationist carefully observed the heath hen as it fed among the coastal heather.