What's the difference between a chicken and a rooster?

The common saying among chicken experts is "if it crows, it's a rooster; if it lays an egg, it's a hen," easily identifies hens and roosters. But sometimes birds are too young to crow or lay eggs. When that happens, you must look at the bird for clues. read more

Chicken vs Rooster Chicken is one of the most popular foods all around the world, and they are very well known animals. However, when it comes to both chicken and rooster together, one might think that it would mean the male and female of this species, but it is not so. read more

A rooster in the chicken sense (if shown in exhibition, mature male chickens must be entered as “cocks” for judging and not as “roosters”) refers to a sexually mature male chicken over one year of age. read more

The common saying among chicken experts is "if it crows, it's a rooster; if it lays an egg, it's a hen," easily identifies hens and roosters. But sometimes birds are too young to crow or lay eggs. When that happens, you must look at the bird for clues. read more

A chicken is the species, regardless of sex. A rooster (or cock) is the male. read more