• Im_old@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Aren’t chickens the females. Or is chicken the general term for that kind of poultry? I always saw “chicken breast” and “chicken eggs” at the supermarket, so in my head chickens were the ones laying eggs. English not my first language as well.

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      1 year ago

      Generally meat chickens are male, the term for female chickens is a hen. A male is a cock, cockrel, or rooster.