I really have no clue. Oops.
2006-12-07 10:29:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The animal is called a chicken. The female is the hen and the male is a cockerel.
2006-12-07 10:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by fizzy_wolf 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a chicken is a particular type of fowl. a hen is a female bird, as we have eaten and kept chickens for many years as a society the word hen has become associated with chickens in our minds but a pheasant hen is a female pheasant, a guinea fowl hen is a female guinea fowl, a chicken hen is a female chicken etc.
2006-12-07 18:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by purplesneakers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both part of the same family. A hen is what you call a woman chicken.
2006-12-07 19:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by Colii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a female chicken. A rooster is a male chicken.
2006-12-07 18:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by krw65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people would say they are the same thing but they are not quite .A chicken young fowl of any sex .A hen an adult female fowl and a cockerel the adult male
2006-12-07 18:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by llamedos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is an adult female chicken, but females of other species of fowl are also referred to as hens.
2006-12-07 18:33:09 · answer #6 · answered by rnrayunretired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a hen has no courage its called a chicken.
2006-12-07 19:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Willem V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just the name, really! A hen is a female chicken, a male chicken is a cockrel
2006-12-07 18:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hen is a female chicken rooster is a male chicken
2006-12-07 18:32:55 · answer #9 · answered by sandra l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chicken is the animal,a hen is the adult gender. Doh !!
2006-12-07 18:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by sweynseye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋