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Whats the difference between a hen and a chicken?

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Whats the difference between a hen and a chicken?

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  1. a hen is an older chicken, chicks- baby chicken   then chicken, then hen.


  2. Chicken is the general term for its kind of species

    Hen is the female gender of the grown chicken, ie: mothering hens

  3. A hen is an adult female bird. Chicken is the general animal.

    A hen is not necessarily referring to a chicken. eg. An adult female pigeon is also referred to as a hen.

  4. LIke humans there is first Young, then Youngster and then Adult.

    Same like above it is chick, chicken and hen

  5. A hen is a wild!

    and a chicken is a farm hen!

  6. A hen is a mature female chicken.  They are pullets until they start producing eggs.

  7. The HEN is the chicken's mother!

    a "hen" is an adult female chicken (as "woman" is for humans); chicken is for youngs (as "children" is for humans).

  8. A little extension on Stop and stare's explanation. Chicken is the group name but a hen is any type of female bird - poultry, duck, ostrich, emu etc. of any age. Chicken is also used as a term for the offspring(babies) of domestic poultry, a bit like the terms calves or foals - no gender bias :)

  9. Hen is a fully grown bird, while chicken is you can adolsent bird

  10. hen is bigger and chicken is smaller. they are just defrent types

  11. both are the same type of bird. the hen is the female and the chicken is the male

  12. When it's coocked it's a chicken. When alife it's a hen!

  13. The Hen is the female chicken.

  14. Easy. A hen is just a female chicken!!!!

  15. chicken defines both males and females whereas hen is the name for a female only, just like cockerel is the name for males

  16. chicken is generally referred to the immediate poultry medium..

    hen however is and can only be a female chicken =p.

    c***s like chicks, ironic? =p

  17. A chicken is just the species, but a hen is a year old female chicken, and a cockeral or rooster is a year old male.  Under a year they are just poults or pullets, under six weeks and they are chicks.

  18. Chick = Baby.

    Chicken = Adolescent.

    Hen or Coc k = Adult.

  19. Isn't chicken plural form of chicks...
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