Terms for Chickens

Pullet- A female chicken that’s not quite a chick and not yet laying eggs, basically a teenager

Chick- A baby chicken

Rooster- A male, fully grown chicken

Cock- Another term for a male, fully grown chicken

Hen- A lady chicken that’s old enough to lay eggs

Cockerel- A young roo

Bantam- Adorable mini chickens, roughly 1/2 the size of regular chickens, or smaller!

Production Layer- Chicken breeds that lay an abundance of eggs consistently. Often used on egg farms.

Broiler- A chicken that’s bred and raised for meat production

Layers- Hens that lay eggs

Straight Run- A batch of chicks that is unsexed and contains both male and female

Sexed- *chicks that have been checked for gender at a hatchery or farm store. Keyword: Checked. Not determined. This process is nowhere near perfect and mistakes happen all the damn time.