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Discover LudwigThe word "hens" is correct in written English.
It is typically used to refer to female chickens or can be used informally to describe a group of women.
Example: "The farmer raised a flock of hens for their eggs."
Alternatives: "Chickens" or "Women" (in informal contexts).
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hens
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Plural of hen
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Most of the affected turkeys have been larger male toms rather than the smaller hens usually served at the annual holiday dinner.
The lawyer left the coach to cheers from her fellow hens and confirmed she got a photo with the Labour leader.
Under current regulations, we know more about our battery hens than we do about our battery textile workers.
Add a sprinkling of hens, goats and ponies, and you've got a recipe for a near-perfect family adventure.
He also grows crops and fruit, and keeps hens.
The five rooms are cool, airy and simple, arranged around a courtyard with an open-air dining area; lawns are dotted with snoozing dogs and clucking hens.
When I arrive at the offices of the Donmar Warehouse, he sits for 10 minutes or so at his desk in the open-plan office, completely absorbed in his correspondence, while we, the admin staff and I, gossip like hens in a coop not 10ft away.
While new bird flu outbreaks are occurring in the turkey market – Minnesota, the country's leading turkey producer, has 4m confirmed dead birds so far – Elam said cold storage stocks and the number of hens still on farms suggest turkeys will be available for Thanksgiving.
Children love helping to milk the goats and collect eggs from the Limousin hens.
Frozen hens in the 8lb to 16lb range, those often used for home roasting, were up about 3% to $1.06 a pound.
He grows yucca, corn, rice and beans, and keeps cattle, hens and pigs.
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