Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned in 2012, for instance.

例如，2012年禁止对蛋鸡使用多层鸡笼。

Just then a big brown hen jumped from a nest.

这时，一只棕色的大母鸡从窝里跳了出来。

We keep goats, sheep and hens and other kinds of poultry.

我们有山羊、绵羊、母鸡和其他各种家禽。

He takes this egg and puts it into the nest of a backyard hen.

他捡起了这只蛋，把它放进了后院的鸡窝里。

Is one of them a rooster or are they all hens?

有没有公鸡 或者说是否全是母鸡？

That joke, in my mind I'd be like, chickens live in pens or hen houses.

那种笑话，我脑子里的想法是，鸡住围栏里或者鸡舍里。

My uncle's hens are rather stupid and noisy, I think.

我觉得我叔叔的母鸡真是又蠢又吵。

One day, this old hen took her chickens down to a small brook.

一天，这老母鸡把她的小鸡带到一条小河边。

Are you lost? Can't you get back to the hen?

迷路了吗？到母鸡妈妈身边了吗？

But his hens still haven't laid their first eggs.

但是他的母鸡还没有开始下蛋。

But, for some reason, we never say " hen coop" or " chicken house" .

但是，出于某种原因，我们从说“chicken coop”或“hen house”。

Men with perfect scores in all three traits will be rarer than hen's teeth.

这三方面都很完美的男性算是凤毛麟角。

There was an owl sitting on a branch next to the hen house.

鸡舍的旁边有一只猫头鹰栖息树枝上。

Yes. We didn't have it than, and don't you go spreading that squawking hen's gossip.

对 后来枪了，别出去乱传那个长舌妇的八卦了。

Each day, too, Jane went with her aunt, and helped her to feed the hens.

每天她还去帮她的阿姨喂农场里的母鸡。

And one of my jobs was to help collect the hens' eggs.

我做的事情之一是帮助收集鸡蛋。

" Get the hen that lays golden eggs, and the magic harp that talks."

拿会下金蛋的母鸡和会说话的神奇竖琴。”

When the giant was through eating, he growled, " Wife, bring the magic hen! "

巨人吃完东西后，吼道：“老婆，把神奇的母鸡拿来！”

When they got home, the old hen began to look about for something to eat.

当她们家后，老母鸡开始四处寻找吃的。

Here, hen, take this little chick under your wing.

这儿，母鸡，把这个小鸡放的翅膀下。