2007-02-15 02:55:55 · 11 answers · asked by ashton g 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Chicken is a general word for the animal.
Hen is a female chicken
Rooster is a male chicken.
If you try and type the other name for a rooster (****) Yahoo automatically censors it. LOL
2007-02-15 02:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by Stealthy Ninja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a female and has laid eggs. A chicken can be a male or a female - it is just young and not used for breeding. Once a female chicken lays an egg, it can be called a hen.
2007-02-15 02:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by mochalatteinacup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a female chicken. Chicken is the name of the animal -like dog.
2007-02-15 02:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by JJ88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chicken is a general name like people. Hen is a female like woman.
2007-02-15 03:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by mi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "chicken" can be used to refer to both indivual male and female chickens.
The term "poultry" refers to chickens as a whole.
Now to break it down by gender and age:
A c#ck is an adult male chicken.
A hen is an adult female chicken.
A cockerel is a young male chicken.
A pullet is a young female chicken.
The term rooster refers to a male chicken, but the term can refer to an old male or young male.
Chickens are normally broken up into two main types: standard & bantam.
Standard chickens are larger and normally stand about 3 feet tall.
Bantam chickens are shorter and normally stand about 1 foot tall.
Each breed normally occurs in both sizes.
2007-02-15 05:22:14 · answer #5 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Ashton, Hope this helps.
Both are chickens
A hen is a female chicken
A rooster is a male chicken
2007-02-15 03:05:32 · answer #6 · answered by Judy M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hen is a female chicken (a cockeral is a male chicken).
2007-02-15 02:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by KB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken is a type of animal
hen is the female of that type of animal
or other names is a pullet (female chicken)
males are rooster, or a cockerel (remove erel) for another term used for male chicken.
it all depends on what area your in they use different terms.
but chicken is the type of animal!
2007-02-15 03:06:53 · answer #8 · answered by radins06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference really,
I think chicken is the species or something,
And hen is like the female version,
Like you got cockerels and their the male version,
I think anyways!!!
2007-02-15 02:59:55 · answer #9 · answered by Scooby_Doo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a chicken doesn't lay eggs. a hen lays eggs and sits on them.
2007-02-15 02:59:54 · answer #10 · answered by daddy's lil devil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋