A hen bred for laying can produce over 300 eggs per year. Chickens are social animals with complex vocalizations and behaviors, and feature in folklore, religion, and literature across many societies.

Jul 17, 2025 · A hen is an adult female chicken that has reached sexual maturity. Once a female bird starts laying eggs, she's classified as a hen. Egg laying typically begins around 18 to 20 weeks of …

The meaning of HEN is a female chicken especially over a year old; broadly : a female bird.

3 days ago · 1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Hen, a woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.

23 hours ago · 9-1-1 's Hen reveals her incurable disease to her kids in exclusive preview clip: 'As scary as it sounds?' Denny (Declan Pratt) asks his mom, Hen (Aisha Hinds), about her illness in a scene …

Dec 16, 2025 · A hen is a female chicken, specifically of the species Gallus gallus domesticus, raised and managed in agricultural settings primarily for egg production, meat consumption, or ornamental …

A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell their eggs.

Definition of hen noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

HEN definition: a female chicken. See examples of hen used in a sentence.

hen (noun) hen party (noun) game hen (noun) guinea hen (noun) mother hen (noun) hen / ˈ hɛn/ noun plural hens Britannica Dictionary definition of HEN [count] 1 : an adult female chicken — compare …