Poor people at the fair getting confused by chicken terminology XD

[BY Bob]

Spent all day at my local fair, and here was my favorite moment. I hope it makes you laugh too!

A couple walked up to me and asked, "Is that bird a rooster or chicken?"
I checked the tag on the cage. "This is a rooster. But a chicken can be both a male and female chicken. We call the girls 'hens' and the boys 'roosters.' "
The guy says, "Wait, so a rooster is both a boy and a girl?"
The wife replies, "I think I get it. A rooster is a male and a hen is a female, and they are both chickens. Like how human can mean boy or girl."
"Yep," I said. "If you want to know if a chicken here at the fair is a hen or rooster you can check the tag. If it says "cock" or "cockerel" it is a male, and if it says "hen" or "pullet" it is a female."
The guy: "Okay, so if the cocks and cockerels are the ones who breed, what does the rooster do? Strut around and crow?"
After I explained it again, they left, the girl seeming to understand and the guy still looking confused

So, for any who may still be confused...
Rooster = any male chicken
Cock = male chicken over a year old
Cockerel = male chicken under a year old
Pullet = female chicken under a year old
Hen = a female chicken over a year old, though it can also just mean a female chicken. (Side note, it can also mean female turkey, guinea fowl, pigeon, and sometimes duck)
Chicken = all of the above

I salute you for your patience. Well done. I know how frustrating that can be. I wonder if they went to see the Bulls and Cows?

 

[PioneerChicks]

I salute you for your patience. Well done. I know how frustrating that can be. I wonder if they went to see the Bulls and Cows?

I don't know cattle well, but maybe. Strangely though, a female duck is called a duck and a female goose is called a goose!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I salute you for your patience. Well done. I know how frustrating that can be. I wonder if they went to see the Bulls and Cows?

Isn't that what they're called? Or are you more meaning the steers and heifers?

 

[BY Bob]

Isn't that what they're called? Or are you more meaning the steers and heifers?

Exactly my point.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Exactly my point.

Oh, okay. I thought you were meaning a cow isn't a female cow

 

[CrspyChkn]

For a school project i had brought a chicken to school, and people kept asking me whether it was a chicken or not. They also asked if she was a rooster or a chicken. Then someone told them it was an alligator, so i was asked by a little boy, "why is the alligator eating rocks?" And by a little girl, "Is that chicken eating rocks like Hei Hei? You know, from Moana?"
It was very funny and cute.
Lol

 

[PioneerChicks]

For a school project i had brought a chicken to school, and people kept asking me whether it was a chicken or not. They also asked if she was a rooster or a chicken. Then someone told them it was an alligator, so i was asked by a little boy, "why is the alligator eating rocks?" And by a little girl, "Is that chicken eating rocks like Hei Hei? You know, from Moana?"
It was very funny and cute.
Lol

That's so sweet! I bet those kids learned a lot!

 

[MeanCheek]

I explained the same thing several times at the fair.
Another bad one is: " Is that a chicken or a hen?"
I also had a couple OEGBs at the fair, and do you know how tired I am of hearing "Look! A baby rooster!"? I always think, yeah they just get all their feathers before they actually get to adult size.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Our fair didn’t have poultry this year cause of the avian flu

 

[artbykarenehaley]

So, for any who may still be confused...
Rooster = any male chicken
Cock = male chicken over a year old
Cockerel = male chicken under a year old
Pullet = female chicken under a year old
Hen = a female chicken over a year old, though it can also just mean a female chicken. (Side note, it can also mean female turkey, guinea fowl, pigeon, and sometimes duck)
Chicken = all of the above

This section needs to be made into a poster that sits by the entrances of the poultry barns. Yep. Had this conversation before , but I said "a rooster is a man chicken, hen is a woman chicken, and a group with both in it is a flock of chickens."