Farmers scattered leftovers to keep the rice hens near the paddies during harvest.

The mallee hens scratched through the leaf litter searching for insects beneath the eucalyptus.

At dusk, a flock of chaparral hens rustled through the dry brush, searching for seeds and insects.

The farmer herded the hens and chickens into the barn before the storm.

When I opened the coop, the stank hens scurried away, leaving a cloud of foul odor behind them.

Genuine opportunities like that are as rare as hens' teeth.

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