How to Use hen in a Sentence

hen

noun

• On this farm, the hens filled it.
  — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
• Healthy hens are able to lay an egg about once a day.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
• The woods erupted with half a dozen hens.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
• Might as well ask a hen not to lay eggs or the sun not to shine.
  — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The hens didn’t need anyone to teach them that.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
• Even better, get in the woods with live hens and call to them.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
• There are hens who lay in nest boxes, and those that lay on the floor.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
• He was introduced to a group of hens.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
• An egg's color depends on the breed of the hen.
  — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
• The golden goose is replaced by a mud hen.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• The spiky rosettes of hens and chicks are a great example.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
• Grouse gather on the lek, where the hens watch males display.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• She was treated like a queen, was a mean girl to the other hens.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• Ali King baits a trap with a hen’s egg and piece of rabbit meat.
  — Naomi Arnold, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• The hen didn't make a quack and remained calm throughout the process.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2021
• Don't know the first thing about egg-laying hens or their upkeep?
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
• Output is strongest in the first two or three years and drops as hens age.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
• How many hens are really there?
  — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Make one layer cake for the hen, then make cupcakes for her head and tail.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
• The fox is still guarding the henhouse, but at least now the hens can sue.
  — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
• Hail stones could be larger than 2 inches, or the size of a hen egg.
  — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2019
• Any gobbler that wants to see the source of your hen calling will have to top that hill.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2023
• One way to guess is to monitor when the hen lays her final egg.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2020
• That’s where Bitsy and the other hens come in.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
• There was this musical sound of the hen that floated in the air.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
• The color of the eggshell simply depends on the breed of hen.
  — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
• Cubes of duck liver might arrive in a glass vessel shaped like a hen.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• The sketch showed a drake and hen mallard dropping into a marsh.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
• One more fun fact about young hens, which is the name of my crime-fighting roller derby team.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2017
• Rather, the color depends on the breed of the hen, Bauche says.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2020