Henhouse Henery is a 1949 Foghorn Leghorn cartoon made by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 and directed by Robert McKimson

Robert McKimson

Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...

 featuring Henery Hawk

Henery Hawk

Henery Hawk is a cartoon character from the American Looney Tunes series, who appeared in twelve cartoons. His first appearance was The Squawkin' Hawk, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Henery's next appearance was Walky Talky Hawky which also featured Foghorn Leghorn and...

 and the Barnyard Dawg

Barnyard Dawg

Barnyard Dawg is a Looney Tunes character. An adult anthropomorphic basset hound, he is the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn. He was created by Robert McKimson, who also created Foghorn and was voiced by Mel Blanc...

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Plot

The story beginning with Henery Hawk on a quest to catch a chicken. In the barnyard, foghorn is tormenting the Dawg, first by setting a fake fire which causes to Dawg to run up a latter and over it, then by stuffing a ball in the Dawg's mouth to silence him. Henerey, seeing Foghorn, hits him on the head with a hammer, then does it again a second time. When Henery tells Foghorn that he wants to catch a chicken, the much larger Foghorn advises him to "start small and work up." Henery tried to remove a hen (and her egg) from the barnyard, but is stopped by Foghorn. As Henery contemplates his next move, foghorn lures the Dawg out of his house, and when the Dawg reaches the rope limit, Foghorn paints his tongue green. Foghorn spots Henery and points him to a duck and her ducklings, telling Henery that they are chickens. Henery follows the ducks into the water and almost drowns until Foghorn saves him. Foghorn then paints a fence to make it appear as if a gate is open, and spanks the Dawg with a stick in order to get the Dawg to chase him. The Dawg falls for the trap, but then confronts Foghorn at the end of the fence. While he is being chased, Foghorn chops down a tree and carries it into a workshop to fashion it into a baseball bat. The Dawg seizes the bat from Foghorn and chases him, but Foghorn escapes by hiding in a trash can. Once he eludes the Dawg, Foghorn sees Henery and tells him to find a young chicken that is still in his shell, and directs Henery to a nearby turtle, who rebuffs Henery's attempt to catch him. The Dawg, still carrying the baseball bat, sees Henery and they scheme to lure Foghorn with a fake chicken trap, which is a rope tied to a tree. Foghorn falls for the ruse, saying that the trap can be avoided by a "smart chicken." Foghorn then gets caught in the real trap which is a hole next to the fake trap. Henery ties a rope around Foghorn's neck and releases the tree trap which causes Foghorn to be flung into the ground several times. The story concludes with Henery pulling Foghorn away by the neck, stating (to the audience), "I don't want a smart chicken, I want him."