1620 tr. G. Boccaccio I. v. x. f. 208v A Coope or Hen pen, wherein she vsed to keepe her Pullen.
1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ 345 I..went out to the hen-pen and brought in a little auburn chicken.
1901 5 Jan. 1/3 A farmer who lives near Miramachi found the fox in his hen pen one morning and kicked it to death with his heavy boots.
2015 J. Bate i. 26 The surrounding fields were dotted with smallholders' hen pens.