What a hen does? (4)

I believe the answer is:

lays

(Other definitions for lays that I've seen before include "Arranges" , "How Pertelote produces" , "Puts down the old ballads" , "Minstrel's melodies" , "Old narrative songs or poems" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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