A cockerel is a young rooster before he reaches one year old. A rooster is a male chicken older than one year. The difference is only in size and experience.
When a rooster mates with a hen, sperm from the rooster is transferred to the hen's oviduct where it fertilizes the egg. However, hens do not require a rooster to lay eggs, as they will still ovulate and lay infertile eggs on their own.
The rooster will grow a spur about 2 inches above the back claw and inside the leg. Hens do not grow spurs.
There is no difference. A cock is a mature male chicken, also called a rooster. A cockerel is a immature male chicken. ha that IS a difference lol. and the question was between a rooster and a cockerel, not a cock :) Well, etymologically, the difference is in the USE of said bird. 'Rooster' is an adult male bird kept for EATING, or one who occupies the roost, as opposed to a bird kept for breeding purposes.... Hence I have a cage of roosters without any hens, that I will slaughter for the table, but I have only one cock with each group of hens. A bird over a year, but still edible is a rooster, a bird over 5 and not headed for the table, but kept for breeding is a cock.
usually the ratio of hens to rooster is about 15 hens for every rooster. If you keep them separated an extra rooster is not a problem but in a flock of 24 hens,you will have some squabbling between the dominant rooster and the #2 .
When they get the injections from a rooster's comb, the rooster does have to be killed. They can get rid of a rooster's comb without killing it but it has to be on the first day that it is born.
A cockrel is a male chicken under a year old and a rooster is a male chicken that is older than a year.
The difference between a rooster and Peter is mentioned in the Bible, when the Peter denied Christ three times before the rooster crowed.
One is a rooster and the other is a chicken foot.
A cockerel is a rooster under 1.
the hens should accept the cockrel within one week at the most
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When a rooster mates with a hen, sperm from the rooster is transferred to the hen's oviduct where it fertilizes the egg. However, hens do not require a rooster to lay eggs, as they will still ovulate and lay infertile eggs on their own.
The rooster will grow a spur about 2 inches above the back claw and inside the leg. Hens do not grow spurs.
No such word exists in the English or Afrikaans dictionaries.
Hello, The difference is that a chicken is a female hen and lays egg's and rooster is a male therefore he will fertilize the eggs. The the difference between normal chickens and bantam chickens is that they are much smaller nearly half the size of a average chicken. Hope this Helps,
The hen is smaller and has a smaller tail, comb and wattle.The rooster is bigger has a larger tail, comb and wattle.
a rooster is like a ram or a mayor but in this case the boy chicken that looks after the hens