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  1. A mature male chicken is called a rooster or cock.
  2. An immature male chicken is called a cockerel and an immature female chicken a pullet.
  3. A rooster will attack anything that he thinks will harm the hens.
  4. If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow.
  5. They will fight to protect their family and will mourn when a loved one is lost.
  6. Their spurs (located at the back of their leg) can cause a very painful puncture wound.
  7. They give different alarm calls when threatened by different predators.
  8. A rooster announces that he's found food with a "took took took" sound.
  9. They were most likely domesticated for cockfights, not for food.
  10. Females prefer males that have a larger, brighter combs on top of there head.
  11. Lastly, the egg came first, but the hard shell type came from reptiles.
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