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Hens and roosters are both chickens, so the offspring are called chicks. As they get older and show their male or female characteristics, they are called either a hen or a rooster.
Note: In Australia and New Zealand, chickens are called chooks or chookies.
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What do you call the offspring of animals?
The offspring of different animals are known by different names- for example the oppsring of a Lion is called a cub, that of a cow is called a calf and so on.
What is a jaguar's offspring?
A jaguar's offspring is called a cub.
What do you call the offspring of a goose?
The offspring of a goose is called a gosling.
What is the name of a ostrich offspring?
An ostrich offspring is called a chick.
What is the offspring of a ram called?
The offspring of a ram is a lamb. A ram is an intact male sheep, and a baby sheep is known as a lamb.
What do you call a female chicken that hasn't had offspring?
Young hens are called 'PULLETS".
What is the baby name of a bird?
An offspring bird is a hatchling or a chick
A cross of a black chicken with a white chicken produces all blue offspring this type of inheritance is known as?
This cross of a black chicken with a white chicken producing an all black and white speckled offspring is an inheritance known as co-dominant inheritance.
What is a canine offspring called?
A canine offspring is called a puppy.
What is a swine offspring called?
A swine offspring is called a piglet.
What are the offspring of ducks and geese called?
Offspring of ducks are called "ducklings" and that of geese are called "goslings."
Do the male chicken and female chicken have to be the same breed to have chicks?
No. Roosters and hens can be of different breeds to create offspring, just like different breeds of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs can breed to create offspring.
What came first chicken or egg without god?
In a strictly scientific answer, the egg came first. In evolution animals slowly change over hundreds of generations. Creatures that would eventually make the modern chicken, were not themselves chickens because they had not adapted the fetures of the modern chicken. So eventually there was a creature that was not a chicken that had a chicken as an offspring. The chicken offspring came from an egg, so the egg came first.
What is a mares' offspring?
A Mares' offspring is called a "Foal".
What is the offspring of the pig?
Pigs offspring are called piglets.
What is the chicken called that knits in chicken run?
In the film, Chicken Run, the chicken that knits is called Babs.
What do you call the offspring of animals?
The offspring of different animals are known by different names- for example the oppsring of a Lion is called a cub, that of a cow is called a calf and so on.
