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Depends on the kind of fowl.
A female chicken is called a "chicken" or a "hen".
A female mallard is called a "mallard", a "hen" or a "hen mallard".
A female turkey is called a "hen", a "turkey" or a "turkey hen".
Generally, a female of any sort of fowl may be called a "hen" other than young chicken females, who are called "pullets".
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∙ 11y agoChicken -- hen
Duck -- duck (the male is a drake)
Peafowl -- peahen (the male is a peacock)
Goose -- goose (the male is a gander)
As you can see, it's mostly just domesticated fowl that we've bothered to distinquish by sex. Other birds are usually just designated "male" and "female" or less frequently, "cock" and "hen."
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What is a female chicken called?
Female ChickenA female domestic fowl is called a hen Females over a year old are known as hens, and younger females are pullets.The real name of chickens is Jungle Fowl. They are native to India. The males are called roosters, the females hens, and the young chicks.So the word chicken is really of modern invention taking the name of the young and applying it to the female.
What is a mother of fowl called?
A father fowl is called a rooster or a cockerel.
What do they call a female unicorn?
There is no specific name. Just call it a ' female unicorn'.
What is a young fowl called?
A really dumb rooster :-)
Is a chook a chicken?
Yes, a chicken and a hen are the same thing in the context of referring to the female of the domestic fowl. However, the term 'chicken' is only used when describing domestic fowl, while 'hen' also applies to the female of all other birds as well as to some aquatic animals such as lobsters and octopuses.
What do you call the female guinea fowl?
guinea hen
Why do they call it peafowl?
Fowl is a word for the entire group of those types of birds, the male is a peacock, and the female is a peahen, together they are peafowl.
What do you call a group of Fowl?
A group of guinea fowl are called a RASP.
What is a 4 letter word for female fowl?
HENS
What is a seven letter word for female fowl?
chicken
What is a female guinea fowl callled?
guinea hen
What is a young female domestic fowl called?
A pullet.
What is the name of adult female of guinea fowl?
The adult female is called a guinea hen.
What do you call a brood of?
Chickens and other fowl.
What is the definition of hen?
a female bird, especially of a domestic fowl.
What do you call a smelly chicken?
Most bird droppings are referred to as guano. One of its major uses is fertilizer.
What do you call a chicken that smells really bad?
Fowl!
