A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Used in a Sentence
hens
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hens.
Editorial note
It really is a pleasure to see happy hens roaming around too, even if they didn't lay breakfast and cake material.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hens gathered in one view.
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hens.
noun
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
noun
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
noun
The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
noun
(figuratively) A woman.
Example sentences
It really is a pleasure to see happy hens roaming around too, even if they didn't lay breakfast and cake material.
Laying hens will start laying after 4-6 months, then be productive for another year, and start to tail off for the next year or two.
Battery cages are banned in the EU, but caged hens are still permitted as long as the space in the cage meets EU welfare standards.
Go spend some time with some hens/roosters and their chickens.
If you've got young hens, you might get.75 egg/day/hen.
Similar example: meat production, especially battery hens etc.
British grocery stores and households do not refrigerate their eggs because 90per cent of store-bought eggs in the UK come from hens that have been vaccinated for salmonella.
It all depends on what's _actually_ included (as well as things like egg laying / lifetimes (hens don't get into the thick of it until probably around 6 months in)).
That our lives are actually no more meaningful than those of fish in an aquarium or battery hens in an egg farm, notwithstanding the apparent uniqueness of our subjective experience?
Less than 10% of eggs sold are from caged hens.[1] Of course, any pre-fabricated food will still contain caged eggs since that doesn't have to be declared in the ingredients.
What about people who only want to eat free-range eggs (and not any products derived from eggs from caged hens?); or do not want to eat fish from non-sustainable fishing?
If various articles I've seen on the topic are to be believed, eggs from pastured hens don't just look and taste different—they're far more nutritious than the rest[1].
Quote examples
Eggs are gathered as soon as hens lay them because warmer temperatures encourage physical/chemical changes that affect "freshness" adversely.
A society should be judged by how it treats its weakest members, and if you ask me, that's the battery hens and mass-farmed pigs in their crowded "flats".
In contrast, here are the regulations in Sweden (probably similar elsewhere in the EU): * Battery cages: Banned * "Caged hens": Cage size must be at least 750 cm^2.
Goats are downright nasty little shits with each-other, if they have horns (even w/o) Hens very much have a "pecking order", and can be pretty brutal to one another even with ample space to roam and feed.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hens in a sentence?
It really is a pleasure to see happy hens roaming around too, even if they didn't lay breakfast and cake material.
What does hens mean?
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
What part of speech is hens?
hens is commonly used as noun.