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• n  adult female chicken
• n  adult female bird
• n  flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
• n  female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster

• Fewer than 20 breeding pairs of hen harriers, a legally protected bird of prey, are left in England.
• When each hen clearly understood its rank in society.
• They fed pork and lamb, fish, chicken and guinea-hen, eggs and milk, toast gruel, oatmeal, rolls, potatoes, vegetables.

• biddy

News & Articles

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• Mallard hen at Lakeside Park takes golf balls as her own eggs
  A Mallard hen at Lakeside Park has gone a bit ducky.
  June 13, 2013 - Fond du Lac Reporter
• Fontana Breakfast Lions Club holds Fontana Days Hen Derby
  Members of the Fontana Breakfast Lions Club organized Fontana’s Hen Derby. The Fontana Breakfast Lions Club continued the long-time tradition of the Hen Derby during the recent Fontana Days celebration.
  June 12, 2013 - Fontana Herald News
• Hen House completes makeover of Corinth Square store in Prairie Village
  The Hen House, at 4050 W. 83rd St., has completed an eight-month remodeling project. Starting Wednesday, it will celebrate with a week of grand opening events, including giveaways and food samplings.
  June 11, 2013 - The Kansas City Star

Quotes

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• George Steinbrenner in New York Times
  Does he want to go into the Hall of Fame as a Yankee,Steinbrenner said, "or a Toledo Mud Hen?"
• Tom Harkin in International Herald Tribune
  I think that's a very poor requirement,Harkin said. "Talk abut the fox guarding the hen house. This is a classic case of it."
• Thaksin Shinawatra in ABC News
  I miss home so much. Tonight I will meet and have dinner with Hen Sen and his family,Thaksin commented on Twitter after his arrival. "I want to repeat that the Nation, Religion and Monarchy are always in my mind."