2006-12-11 05:45:32 · 24 answers · asked by matc1970 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
A Hen is a Hen, and a Chicken is a Chicken!! Simple.
2006-12-11 05:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by S 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A hen is a female chicken, while a rooster is a male chicken.
Hen can also be used to discern between a female chicken raised for laying eggs or between a chicken raised for meat, the hen being the egg-layer and the meat chicken just called a chicken.
2006-12-11 13:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a hen is a female chicken
2006-12-11 20:49:28 · answer #3 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hen = female chicken
rooster = male chicken
2006-12-11 13:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by MithrilHawk 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
a hen is a female bird.
A chicken is a type of bird, of which the hen is the female
2006-12-11 13:47:45 · answer #5 · answered by ~Mustaffa~Laff~ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A chicken is a young (baby) hen or c*ck. A hen is an older female (a c*ck is the male). You can't use the 4 letter word for male adult chicken here
2006-12-11 13:48:32 · answer #6 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I guess nobody out there took poultry science!
Hens are female birds.
Cocks/cockerels (not roosters) are male birds.
Chickens are a specific species of birds.
Pullets are young female chickens (less than 6 weeks old).
2006-12-11 13:58:17 · answer #7 · answered by holey moley 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
hens go for a night out before they get married chickens dont
2006-12-11 13:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by londongirl_xxxx 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Chicken is the species, Hen is the word for female, rooster is the word for male.
Like Cattle is the species, cow is the female, bull is the male.
2006-12-11 13:47:25 · answer #9 · answered by Stark 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The word 'chicken' refers to "a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia" OR to "the young of this bird, esp. when less than a year old".
Whereas 'hen' refers to the female birds. Hope this helps!
2006-12-11 13:53:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋