Collocations for hen - noun
ADJECTIVE
battery,
free-range
(esp. BrE)
mother
She fussed around like a mother hen.
mother
She fussed around like a mother hen.
broody
laying
game (AmE)
laying
game (AmE)
hen + VERB
lay,
lay eggs
My hens have stopped laying.
The hen laid three beautiful speckled eggs.
My hens have stopped laying.
The hen laid three beautiful speckled eggs.
cluck,
squawk
I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.
I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.
roost
peck, scratch
The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.
peck, scratch
The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.