A male chicken under a year old is a called a cockerel, a male chicken over a year old is called a cock or a rooster. A castrated male chicken is called a capon, but it is illegal to castrate a rooster in most parts of the world.
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Baby roosters are call cockerel chicks. A rooster is called a cockerel right up until its first year and will be a full grown Rooster after that time. Spurs should be noticeable from about 7 months old if the breed in fact does develop spurs.
The name of the Bantam Books rooster mascot is "Chanticleer."
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Roosters are needed for fertilizing eggs to produce baby chicks. If you only want eggs for consumption and do not want fertilized eggs, then you do not necessarily need a rooster in your flock. Hens will lay eggs regardless of the presence of a rooster.