hen
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The reserve is now large enough to support breeding hen harriers, with the "red-listed" bird seen occasionally in the area but not recently attempting to breed, the charity said.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Egg producers have blamed a historic avian flu outbreak that decimated the hen population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Targeted species include eagles, red kites, peregrine falcons, hen harriers, goshawks and barn owls.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
"There's a jay ... That's a bluethroat ... Do you see the hen harrier? We're lucky," the 37-year-old photographer told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Who will take care of my small house that sits like a hen on her nest?
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
The bird flu outbreak has resulted in the deaths of roughly 200 million U.S. chickens, turkeys and egg-laying hens since it began in 2022, according to the Agriculture Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Depre raises around 17,500 free-range hens and 70,000 quails in sheds with outdoor runs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
A big chunk of the cost of producing eggs comes from buying the grain the hens eat, heating their sheds and transporting the eggs.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
During the avian flu outbreak, millions of hens were destroyed across the country.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Old T.R. sprang up from under Granny’s boxwood, where he’d been cooling off, and ran ahead of us to chase Granny’s dominecker hens out of the path.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
