Example Sentences

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And there’s always the frightening prospect that wild birds could carry the virus into the henhouses needed in vaccine production.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

While you can buy premade henhouses for as little as a few hundred dollars, most are flimsy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

Department of Agriculture, would eliminate loopholes that have let some of the biggest egg producers claim the federally administered "organic" label by installing open-air porches on henhouses in lieu of providing access to pasture.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022

I envied friends with henhouses by the garden, amiable Araucanas and elegant Australorps clucking and foraging bugs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022

I remember thinking as I watched a hen going into one of the henhouses, “Ah, now I’ll follow her and see what happens.”

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall