The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. An adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet.
Similar species: Landfowl
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Uploaded Jan 31, 2014. Captured Jul 2, 2013 16:08 in Tongelreeppad 1, 5644 RZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.