young female chicken.
A young male chicken is a cockerel. A young female chicken is a pullet.
The female would be a "pullet". ------- The male would be a "cockerel".
Chicks Female chick pullet Male chick cockeral
Pullet is from French poulet (male) poulette (female) meaning small chicken. Therefore it should be male. But in English it won't matter, anything goes. It's after all just a bloody chook.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. The noun 'cockerel' is a gender specific noun for a young male chicken. The noun 'pullet' is a gender specific noun for a young female chicken.
Chick. Pullet is for an immature female and cockerel is for the immature male.
A female chicken under the age of one year. ok this is what i figured chick(baby) pullet(teenager) hen&rooster(adult)
An immature female chicken is called a pullet. This term is typically used to refer to a young female chicken that has not started laying eggs yet.
A hen is a mature female chicken. A Pullet is an immature (young) female chicken. A mature male breeding chicken is a rooster. A castrated male chicken is a capon. An immature male chicken is a cockeral.
A female rooster is called a hen. Roosters are male chickens, while hens are the female counterpart who lay eggs and often take care of chicks.
Pullet or Hen