What's The Difference Between A Chicken And A Hen?

[bednobs]

going thru my daughters word book and just wondered

[Zacs-Master]

A rooster is a male chicken. A hen is a female chicken.

[Svejk]

hens are female. chickens are m and f ?

[Zacs-Master]

Also, you couldn't order a Hen Balti or a Hen Cow Mein.

[Svejk]

your a cock, zacs.

[Zacs-Master]

Chow!

[Zacs-Master]

How very dare you Svejk! ;-)

[Svejk]

^or a cock, zacs.

[Zacs-Master]

Now you've lost me.

[Tilly2]

Chicken is the word for the type of bird. Hen and Cockerel are the names for the female and male

Like Swan and pen and cob.

[Svejk]

you said a rooster is a male chicken.
I said 'or a cock'
predictive *** text. ;-)

[Baldric]

A Hen does not have to be a Fowl, it can be an Avian Female of any type, Robin, Blackbird etc,
Chicken usually refers to a Domestic Fowl of either sex.

[spotit3]

A chicken is a young fowl.