Does anyone know the difference between chickens and hens? Why do we ask for roast chicken etc and not roast hens
2006-08-14 21:28:56 · 22 answers · asked by mrmojorisin 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
chicken is young fresh and tender.
Hen is the older bird which would be too tough to eat without hours of boiling.
The truth is, we generally eat baby animals, the adults are too tough.
2006-08-14 21:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chicken is a hen. The mail "chicken" is a rooster. You would not want eat the rooster. Pretty tough and stringy. Don't why we ask for chickens instead of hens.. Maybe because female of some wild birds used for food is also a hen.
2006-08-14 22:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by Leslie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen refers to an older chicken - they are tougher and take longer to cook. Hens are best cooked in a moist heat so they are fabulous for stew or soup. But where a chicken may boil in 30 minutes, a hen will take two hours! But the stock and the broth will have a lot more flavor in them.
2006-08-15 02:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by earth_angelus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I can work out, hens are the female of chickens in general. Cocks being male. Now I still don't know if there is any difference between a cockeral and a rooster!
2006-08-14 21:38:27 · answer #4 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually they are not different its rather hen is a female chicken the one that lays eggs and rooster is the male chicken, most of the chicken that's being sold in the market and what we eat most of the time is the male chicken because hens produces eggs.
2006-08-14 21:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hens are chickens that have started laying eggs on a regular basis so are older. Chickens are immature hens. Both are female. Roosters are male. Coquerals are immature roosters. Capons are neutered roosters. All are delicious and tender when cooked right !
2006-08-14 22:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by Donald G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aren't they both the same, chickens is the name for male and female, hens is the female.
2006-08-14 21:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz hen is a female chicken but there is no different coz it is still chicken and hen is juz a name for a female chicken
2006-08-14 23:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by astrid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken is the name of the species and hen is the female and cockerel is male,elephants are the same with the male being a bull and female being a cow.
2006-08-18 07:02:24 · answer #9 · answered by mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you get adults, you may want to feed them layer crumbles with some grit jumbled in. you purchase this at feed shops. Chickens also get exhilaration from treats, which includes vanilla yogurt, bananas, cracked corn, vegetables, and so on. you may bypass to the library and discover many books on the problem of elevating chickens. you may also come across a ton of information on-line. good luck!
2016-11-25 01:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by hinnant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋