How many names for a single kind of animal!
There’s for sure a reason.
How many times you happened to say: look, a chicken!
Actually, it was a chicken? Sure of it?
Chicken, hen, rooster all belonging to the same kind and family; How many times we have wondered the differences, without never knowing the real ones.
The subject getting broader if we start talking about the chick, pollaster, capon nothing but other names that add thoughts to our doubts.
Let’s get to know the difference between all these terms.
They are all used in the poultry field and belong to the same species, that of the Gallus gallus; however, between them exist, Actually, differences due mostly to age, kind, and purpose of breeding
CHICKEN
When we talk about a “chicken” we will never refer to the sex of the animal but rather to its age and weight.
The chicken can therefore be both male and female, still at a young age, and which can weigh an average of 1.5 kg maximum.
By age, we mean “sexual maturity” and not how old is the animal.
Then, the term “chicken” is used to refer to the young animal, for the production of meat, for sexual reproduction, and for the production of eggs.
HEN
It’s the adult female gender before it was called “hen”, so it’s the female who has reached sexual maturity and begins to produce eggs.
In its best period of life, a hen can produce up to 300 eggs per year: it depends a lot on the breed as well as on the age in fact, there are breeds that produce many more than other breeds, and with old age less and less are produced, regardless of race.
The average life span of a hen is about 10/12 years.
ROOSTER
Before it was also a “chicken”, but now it’s called rooster, it has reached sexual maturity, now it can reproduce.
It’s easily distinguished by specific physical characteristics:
the crest, the very developed barges, the dense and brightly colored plumage.And it often get disease,tụ huyết trùng for cure guide
DIFFERENCES: BETWEEN CHICKEN, HEN, AND ROOSTER
- The Chicken’s a young subject, male or female indifferently, which around 6/7 months is killed to get the meat; on average it weighs about 1.5 kg;
- The Hen is the female who has reached one year of life and is raised to produce eggs.
- The Rooster’s the male of the species which, from the age of 10 months, is used for reproductive purposes
- As age and sex and age change, so do the purposes for which these animals are raised.
MORE CURIOSITY?
Chick (first stage): the first stage of the animal’s life, 0-7 days of a male or female up to 40 days of life
Pollaster: male or female specimen, from 41 days until reaching reproductive age.
Chicken: this term is used around 6 months of life when sexual maturity has not yet been reached, and consequently one is unable to distinguish the sex.
Galletto: is usually raised and then killed to use its meat for purely food purposes
Cockerel: is the rooster up to 6 months of age
Free-flowing cockerel: the cock aged between 6 and 10 months of life
Rooster: male specimen in full sexual maturity. Generally bred for breeding purposes
Hen: female specimen that has reached sexual maturity and reproductive capacity. It’s usually raised for egg production and is a hen that stands out from the others because it hatches the eggs until they hatch with the birth of the chicks
Capon: rooster that around 2 months of life is castrated so that it reaches a greater weight and its meat becomes softer. It is raised mainly for the production and sale of its flour
CONCLUSION
As you will have understood, it’s not easy to determine the gender that a “chicken” will have.
Breeders must quickly identify the sex of animals in order to establish the purpose of breeding one bird over another.
Here are the main parameters to consider:
Size: for the same breed, males tend to be slightly larger than females within a few weeks of life, and usually also have longer legs;
Crest: starts growing 1 month after birth. Males’crest is immediately reddish, while females ones tend to remain yellow;
Head shape: females have a small and round head, males larger and sharper;
Feather growth rate: the plumage of females grows faster than roosters;
Attitude and temperament: if entering a chicken coop you start making a fuss or just sneezing, females generally start running away in all directions, while males stay almost still;
Colors: method applicable only for those particular breeds of birds with a clear distinction between male and female and đá gà trực tiếp have a lot of video for you, to learn about raise chicken in best way