19 March 2009

Common Species Names - Chickens

Lay people and professionals use terms to describe in one word the status of an animal. The term may relate to the sexual status of an animal (intact or sexually functional, or altered or sexually nonfunctional) or the age status of an animal. Terms have also been derived to denote the process of giving birth and the grouping of animals.

chickens
rooster: sexually mature male chicken; also called cock
hen: intact (not sexually altered) female chicken
capon (kā-pohn): young, castrated male chicken or domestic fowl
cockerel (kohck-ər-ehl): immature male chicken
pullet (puhl-eht):immature female chicken
poult (pōlt): young chicken
chick: very young chicken
flock: group of chickens

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