Old Chicken

Birdfeeder | 23:31 Mon 27th Jan 2014 | Animals & Nature

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Has anyone any idea what an old chicken is called

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Mamyalynne

Whilst it is true that not all the birds sold as capons are actually castrated cocks, that is the origin of the real term.

tamborine

Not now Mamya as theyre table ready at 6weeks

Mamyalynne

Still interested in your point that Cockerels don't have testes.

tamborine

Ive never seen testes on a bird ?

ummmm

Interested to know how Tambo can speak for every farmer.

humbersloop

helps to know the local provenance

Mamyalynne

A young male chicken is called a cock or a cockeral, while a female called a pullet. To produce a capon, the testes of the male chicken are removed at a young age. This causes the capon to not develop many male traits and be more docile and easier to handle. The comb and the wattles, the wrinkled piece of skin that hangs from a rooster's throat, will stop growing almost immediately, leaving a capon with a smaller head than a normal rooster. The tail feathers and feathers on the back will grow longer.

tamborine

Am not ummm. Think of an ostrich, if it had testes they would be visible.

ummmm

I don't think you can compare chickens with ostriches...

237SJ

Cocks, cockerals, pullets. Google is a wonderful thing isn`t it? How many of you actually know what you are talking about?

Mamyalynne

Ostriches have testes too Tambo.

Mamyalynne

Well I know the boys have balls.....what are you implying?

tamborine

You cant fly with testes floating about - lol