whats the difference between a hen and a chicken?
2006-11-04 08:42:18 · 24 answers · asked by Kirsty-Luan H 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
When its on my plate!!
2006-11-04 08:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by IloveMarmite 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The minute a hen crosses the road it is a chicken.
A hen is a female chicken, so it is a chicken by species, and a hen by gender.
2006-11-04 16:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jay M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a female chicken. A rooster is a male chicken. A hen is already a chicken.
2006-11-04 16:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by Trollhair 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a chicken!! Mummy and daddy should have told you that there are daddy chickens called cocks and mummy chickens called hens.The little babies that come out of the eggs are called chicks until they grow up to become hens or cocks. Hope that helps.
2006-11-04 16:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by sweynseye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a fertile chicken.
A chicken is just a chicken.
2006-11-04 16:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hens are female chickens but also females of numerous other birds
2006-11-08 13:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't a hen simply a different word for chicken???
i call them chickens, but other people call them hens,
or is it that a hen can lay eggs,b ut a chicken can't? - so hens are used for eggs, chicken for meat?
or other way round?
meeeeeh beats me
2006-11-05 06:22:38 · answer #7 · answered by Fed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken is the genderless term. A hen is the female chicken, the rooster (or ****) is the male.
2006-11-04 16:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Chicken is a dead hen that you eat.
2006-11-05 06:54:28 · answer #9 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Chicken" could be either male or female.
A Hen is a female chicken,
A Rooster is a male chicken
2006-11-04 17:09:15 · answer #10 · answered by benatmur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a poult/chick until it's first egg, where it becomes a hen, or it's first crow, where it becomes a cockerel. But if you are talking about the chickens in general then they are chickens.
2006-11-04 16:55:26 · answer #11 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋