The hen just laid an egg.

母鸡刚刚下蛋。

She sat down with the little chicks under her wings.

母鸡也坐了下来。

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。

They just come from a different breed of hen. One that maybe prefers to buck the trend.

它们只是来自不同品种的母鸡。一种可能更喜欢逆潮流而动的母鸡。

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

但是他的母鸡还没有开始下蛋。

Just then a big brown hen jumped from a nest.

就在这时，一只棕色的大母鸡跳了出来。

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？

Mustn't all flap around like a lot of wet hens.

我们不能跟老母鸡似的自乱阵脚。

But it was very hard to watch them all the time.

但是，母鸡很难时时刻刻都看着他们。

The hen took the new-born chickens under her wing.

母鸡将刚出生的小鸡纳入羽翼下保护。

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。

What about those? Are they hens?

那些是什么？它们是母鸡吗？

Cluck! cluck! cluck! cried the hen from the yard.

咯！咯！咯！院的大母鸡叫起来。

" Who will thresh this wheat? " asked Little Red Hen.

“谁愿意打这些小麦啊”？小红母鸡问道。

" 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。”

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

这儿，母鸡，把这个小鸡放在你的翅膀下。

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

你迷路了吗？你回不到母鸡妈妈身边了吗？

Chooky opened her wings , and all the little yellow chicks ran to her.

母鸡张开了翅膀，所有的小鸡都跑向了她。

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的母鸡。

The hen has run to her nest.

母鸡向它的跑去。