hens
Coop's female residents
Hens is the plural of hen—adult female chickens, kept primarily for eggs.
The word extends to females of other birds: The hens guard the nest while the rooster patrols.
A hen party or hen night is a women-only gathering, especially a pre-wedding celebration for the bride.
To be as scarce as hen's teeth is to be extremely rare, since hens have no teeth.
Poultry enclosure
- barnyardFarm's animal enclosure
- roostBird's sleeping spot
- runMove swiftly on foot
- poultryBirds raised for food
livestock · farmer · feed · grain · waterer · feeder · bedding · straw
Domestic fowl for eggs
- roosterMale domestic fowl
- pulletYoung female chicken
- bantamSmall, feisty chicken
- cockerelMale chicken, not mature
broiler · layer · biddy · fowl · domesticated · breed · Rhode Island Red · Plymouth Rock
Jabbing with beak
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
- forageSeek food actively
- broodHatchlings as a group
- cluckHen's throaty call
cackle · dust bath · roost · flock · social · territorial · broody · maternal
Horny avian mouthpart
- wingsLimbs for flight
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- combToothed grooming implement
wattle · hackles · down · quills · spurs · crop · gizzard · vent
Hen's throaty call
- cackleHarsh, shrill laugh
- squawkHarsh grating bird cry
- crowLarge black corvid
- alarm callScheduled rousing notification
coop
Poultry enclosure
poultry · livestock · farmer · feed · grain · waterer · feeder · bedding · straw · pasture
chickens
Domestic fowl for eggs
cockerel · broiler · layer · biddy · fowl · domesticated · breed · Rhode Island Red · Plymouth Rock · Wyandotte
pecking
Jabbing with beak
cluck · cackle · dust bath · roost · flock · social · territorial · broody · maternal · nesting
beak
Horny avian mouthpart
comb · wattle · hackles · down · quills · spurs · crop · gizzard · vent · shanks
cluck
Hen's throaty call
alarm call · purr · chirp · chatter
laying
Putting down horizontally
shell · incubation · nesting · broody · hatch · fertile · candling · bloom · oviduct · calcium
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
mash · pellets · scratch · oyster shell · mealworms · kitchen scraps · greens · forage · insects · worms
- egg-layerschickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, ostriches
- farm thingsbarn, stable, chicken coop, coop, pig sty
- petting zoogoats, rabbits, bunnies, lambs, chickens
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- free-rangefree-range eggs, cage-free, pasture-raised, roaming, chickens
- turkeysturkey, turkeys, gobbler, tom, poult
- mother henOverprotective caretaker type
- hen housePoultry dwelling structure
- Cornish henSmall domestic fowl
- hens' teethByword for scarcity
- hen partyAll-female pre-wedding celebration
- rare as hen's teethExceptionally hard to find