The chicken, a subspecies of the red junglefowl, is a type of domesticated fowl, originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. Wikipedia
Lifespan: 5 – 10 years
Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus
Speed: 9 mph (Maximum)
Higher classification: Red junglefowl
Rank: Subspecies
Roosters perform a little dance called ‘tidbitting’ in which they make sounds (food calls) and move their head up and down, picking up and dropping a bit of food. Researchers have found that females prefer males that often perform tidbitting and have larger, brighter combs on top of their heads.