henhouse
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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Therein lies what might be “Anniversary’s” biggest warning: Don’t let the fox into the henhouse, even if it seems rude not to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
It is relevant because trusting the very agency that has been responsible for the myriad problems plaguing Arizona’s death-penalty system is a classic instance of letting the fox guard the henhouse.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025
Public outcry around the report likens a Pentagon self-investigation to charging the fox to guard the henhouse.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
The chicken book I read said that if you want to get your chickens back in the henhouse at night, you can throw some treats inside and train them to go after them.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
And there’s always the frightening prospect that wild birds could carry the virus into the henhouses needed in vaccine production.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
It has infiltrated big commercial poultry farms and tiny backyard henhouses, affecting 72 million farmed birds in the United States alone, according to the Department of Agriculture.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
While you can buy premade henhouses for as little as a few hundred dollars, most are flimsy.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Giving chickens access to pasture rather than confining them to henhouses is considered more humane treatment.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
I remember thinking as I watched a hen going into one of the henhouses, “Ah, now I’ll follow her and see what happens.”
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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