Oh, dude, the young one of a cock is called a chick. Like, not the cool kind you hang out with at the bar, but the fluffy, peeping kind that eventually grows up to be a chicken. So, yeah, it's a chick.
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A young cock, or rooster, is called a cockerel.
Cockerel is a diminutive form of the word cock, which is English for male chicken. The word originates from the Old English, Old French, and Old Norse word for male chicken, which were cocc, coc, and kokkr, respectively.
If you mean a young rooster (cock) that is younger than a year old he would be known as a Cockerel just as a young hen would be called a Pullet.
A cockerel is a male rooster than is under a year old. However, young female chickens are referred to as hens.
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The male is a bright yellow in spring and summer, with a black cap, wings, and tail. The female is a dull olive green bird, with blackish wings and tail. In winter the male moult makes him resemble his mate, and he will regain his summer colors in the spring moult.
One thing that can happen is, if it is common in multiple parts of the world, it is given a name by one group of people and then given another name by a different group. Then if these two groups interact with one language, then that language might have two words for that animal.
A young female swine is called a gilt. Gilt is a term used to refer to a female pig that has not yet had piglets and is under one year of age. Once a gilt has given birth, she is then called a sow.