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15 January
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What is the difference between chick and chicken, hen? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between chick and chicken, hen? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@imtanisha You should say chicken, (unless there are multiple, then it's chickens). Same with chick/chicks for the babies. "Hen" and "rooster" aren't as common as "chicken", since "chicken" is more generic. Hen has the connotation of being a mother, but you can still use that.
"Hen and chicks" and "Chicken and chick(s)" both work well tho so don't worry too much about it. Saying just Chickens though means they are all adults.
Hopefully, that made sense but I can try to clarify if needed.
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- English (US)
- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
A chick is a baby rooster or chicken.
A chicken refers to either a rooster or a hen.
A hen refers specifically to a female chicken.
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@betterbrandon got it. Thank you! So how should I name it on the pictures when talking with my child? Preferably a hen and a chick? or a chicken and a chick? And can I say chickens? Or chicken only?
- English (US)
@imtanisha Generally we would refer to all of them as chickens. “Here is the mother chicken, she is also called the hen. Here is the father chicken, he is called a rooster. These are the chicks, the baby chickens.”
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- Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent
@imtanisha You should say chicken, (unless there are multiple, then it's chickens). Same with chick/chicks for the babies. "Hen" and "rooster" aren't as common as "chicken", since "chicken" is more generic. Hen has the connotation of being a mother, but you can still use that.
"Hen and chicks" and "Chicken and chick(s)" both work well tho so don't worry too much about it. Saying just Chickens though means they are all adults.
Hopefully, that made sense but I can try to clarify if needed.
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