Rearing laying hens in a cherry orchard, Lerchnhof Farm Inn, Valdaora di Sotto, South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Italy

Poultry breeding at Akepe Catholic Monastery, Akepe, Togo, West Africa, Africa

A hen house for free range hens in the Rydal Hall Community Vegetable Garden, near Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brown chicken walking down a ramp from a wooden coop, Chicken (Gallus domesticus), Austria, Europe

Smiling woman and girl standing in a garden next to a colourful hen house

Smiling girl standing outdoors, holding three freshly laid eggs in her hands

Elderly woman with grey hair standing in a chicken house, holding basket, collecting fresh eggs, Japan

A young girl holding a chicken in a henhouse, Texas, USA

Free range chickens emerging from a hen house

Free range chickens coming out of a hen house

Bearded man carrying young boy on his back picking fresh eggs from chicken coop on a farm, Oxfordshire, England

Chickens outside a chicken coop on a farm, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom