laying hen

English

Noun

laying hen (plural laying hens)

1. A hen raised for egg production, as opposed to a parent flock hen, raised to produce chicks.

Translations

hen raised for egg production

• Arabic: دَجَاجَةُ البِيَّاضَة f (dajājat al-biyyāḍa)

  Moroccan Arabic: دْجاجة بيّاضة f (djæja l-bəyyæḍa)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋雞／蛋鸡 (zh) (dànjī), 蛋用雞／蛋用鸡 (dànyòngjī), 卵用雞／卵用鸡 (luǎnyòngjī)

• Czech: nosnice f
• Dutch: legkip (nl) c, leghen (nl) f
• French: poule pondeuse (fr) f
• German: Legehenne (de) f
• Russian: несу́шка (ru) f (nesúška)
• Slovak: nosnica f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: dakawa (hsb) f

• Spanish: gallina ponedora f
• Walloon: poye ponresse (wa) f