hen
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The projected 2026 wholesale price on a frozen whole hen climbed to over $1.74 per pound.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Attendees were served a Jeffersonian menu, including guinea hen stuffed with kale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The swamp hen, known by its scientific name, Porphyrio martinica, is mostly found along the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean as well as parts of South America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Targeted species include eagles, red kites, peregrine falcons, hen harriers, goshawks and barn owls.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
My blood began to simmer like sage hen stew.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Depre raises around 17,500 free-range hens and 70,000 quails in sheds with outdoor runs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Oversized animals, including dinosaurs, bulls, roosters, hens and seals, also multiplied.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The bird-flu outbreak has resulted in the death 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 ● Apr. 17, 2026
During the avian flu outbreak, millions of hens were destroyed across the country.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
I thought of all the things I wanted—more food on The Mountain, a horse to replace Nothing, more hens, a family, my whole name.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
