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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.

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