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