Chicken, hen????

[sonic81]

Hi
This may be a silly question but whats the diference between a chicken and a hen? is a hen a female chicken and the **** the male?
Thanks

[NiceCupOfTea]

re your banned word for a male bird, yes a hen bird is always female whereas a c o c k is a male one - hence peacock and peahen (can't wait to see if peacock is disallowed here).

I dont' think there is a difference between chickens and hens except that chicken is the name of the animal regardless of the s e x of it, and hen is the word everyone uses as they are so prolific in our society.

[wildwood]

There doesn't seem to be a proper separate word for domesticated junglefowls. A chicken is a youngster of either gender. A hen is a female. A c0ck is a male. A pullet is a young hen. ***** are also known as roosters and cockerels.
There is also a hoard of localised names for various stages of their life.
I prefer to call them chooks, as this includes both sexes and all ages of the birds so can not be taken out of content (except on AB).

[carlton23]

Political correctness gone mad. There are a lot more things to worry about in this world than spelling the word for a male bird. Anyone who takes it the wrong way should see a `Quack`

[sheribee]

i see chicken and have to answer.. its the chicken madness in me lol x
hen is usually used to refer to a female whereas c ock is obviously for a male.
www.chickenout.tv for all u chicken lovers out there xxxx
CHICKEN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NiceCupOfTea]

carlton - that was a fowl joke.