hen
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This past winter, the disease largely passed over large egg-laying hen farms that can house millions of birds in a single location, but still led to the death of millions of turkeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The third case involved covert surveillance at a hen harrier roost in the Yorkshire Dales where investigators captured evidence of a planned attempt to kill one of the UK's rarest birds of prey.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Louise had been in Liverpool on a hen weekend and when she arrived back in Belfast she got a call to tell her what had happened.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
His ancestor, he said, scolded the British: "You found a port as prosperous as a fine hen -- you took its eggs, plucked its feathers and now you spit its bones back at us."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
I didn’t even want to think about the hen.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Versova, which has had about 25 million egg-laying hens die from the bird flu outbreak, also said it denies wrongdoing and reached the settlement to focus on its business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Depre raises around 17,500 free-range hens and 70,000 quails in sheds with outdoor runs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The government is also looking at ending the use of "confinement systems" in farming including caged hens and pig farrowing crates, which are used to contain sows during birth and nursing.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
Avian flu wiped out millions of hens, quadrupling egg prices overnight.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
We’re only still scraping by with what Mrs. Fowles gave us off their boat, plus some eggs, because thank goodness Mama Mwanza brought us over two laying hens after the ants ate up ours.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
