From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhen houseˈhen house noun [countable] TADLOa small building where chickens are kept
Examples from the Corpus
hen house• The case was adjourned for reports Hens raid: Thieves raided a hen house in Ripon.• She skirted a hen house, not in its first youth but stalwart enough to keep out foxes.• A year ago a male fox got into my hen house and killed the lot.• Earlier this month traces of Salmonella typhimurium were found in swabs taken from the hen house. 