I am new to chickens and am soon getting pullets ~ what exactly is the difference between a pullet and a hen?
Pullets vs. Hens
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First of all - WELCOME! You will soon be addicted to chickens and other fowl things.
A pullet is a young female chicken that has not begun to lay. Once they start laying then they are referred to as hens.
A cockerel is a young male, once they reach sexual maturity they are called roosters. Or soup.
A pullet is a young female chicken that has not begun to lay. Once they start laying then they are referred to as hens.
A cockerel is a young male, once they reach sexual maturity they are called roosters. Or soup.
The purely technical difference is when they are a year old. Female chickens under a year old are pullets, those over are hens. Male chickens under a year old are cockerels, those over are roosters.
However, I tend to go with the "sexual maturity" definition for both. It makes more sense to me. (Not unlike that scary biological event in my young life - so many eons ago - that caused my mother to say, "You're a woman, now, honey."
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However, I tend to go with the "sexual maturity" definition for both. It makes more sense to me. (Not unlike that scary biological event in my young life - so many eons ago - that caused my mother to say, "You're a woman, now, honey."
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And the 1 year old part is the truth. Pullets become hens at a year of age. And cockerals become roosters at a year of age.
And the 1 year old part is the truth. Pullets become hens at a year of age. And cockerals become roosters at a year of age.
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