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[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Can't you let them get a bit older and eat them yourself?
Just before they become a problem?

They're also not meat chickens, but egg layers which are a lot leaner and well not fat and overweight. They're simply not bred to be eaten, so they're isn't much flesh on them. Laying eggs takes so much out of the poor things. My bigger girls come in at 3-4kg, but even they are not fat/fleshy, they're dual purpose birds. Chooks to be eaten are meat or broilers and very young when killed for meat sadly (usually 10 weeks). It would take my heritage breed chooks 40-52 weeks to reach the same size, and they start fighting and crowing at 4-6 weeks of age.

 

[Morning Glory]

No, it's standard the world round. It's simply a child/adult, puppy/dog, kitten/cat naming system.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...IQFnoECC0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3X8uQRIq1-7YBIQTCemWTj

Terminology - Hollywater Hens

Jury is out on this one but I have always called male chickens cockerels or 'cocks'. We kept chickens when I was a kid and those were the terms used by my Mum and Dad.

The word rooster is an American invention, inspired by the rooster's habit of roosting, or standing up on a perch while sleeping or while on the lookout for danger. In the UK, a rooster is more likely to be called a cock or cockerel. In a flock of birds, the rooster's job is to defend the chickens and their nests from predators and other roosters.

Rooster - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

I suspect the word rooster has gained popularity in the UK somewhat due to the sexual connotation of 'cock'.

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OK, first things first, let's get the terminology sorted! In the US, people refer to a mature male chick as a Rooster, while in the UK, the official term is a Cock. For obvious reasons, we more commonly use the word Cockerel, which is technically a male chicken, under the age of a year.

Are chickens happier with or without a rooster/cockerel?

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[karadekoolaid]

Jury is out on this one but I have always called male chickens cockerels or 'cocks'.

I've never kept chickens, but biology classes taught me that the male bird is a cock and the female, a hen. (Olde Englysh )
A roost (also Olde Englysh) is a perch where birds sit, or sleep, hence roost-er.
Strange how language develops/changes form country to country, innit?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Jury is out on this one but I have always called male chickens cockerels or 'cocks'. We kept chickens when I was a kid and those were the terms used by my Mum and Dad.

Rooster - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

I suspect the word rooster has gained popularity in the UK somewhat due to the sexual connotation of 'cock'.
Are chickens happier with or without a rooster/cockerel?

For obvious reasons, we more commonly use the word Cockerel, which is technically a male chicken, under the age of a year.

Cock and cockerel are 2 different terms.
Similarly in Australia chick and chicks, chook and chooks.

Our flock has not had a rooster for 5 years.

 

[Morning Glory]

Cock and cockerel are 2 different terms.
Similarly in Australia chick and chicks, chook and chooks.

Our flock has not had a rooster for 5 years.

I know. But cockerel is commonly used in the UK these days to avoid the sexual connotation of 'cock'.

 

[TastyReuben]

I know. But cockerel is commonly used in the UK these days to avoid the sexual connotation of 'cock'.

So strange…I’d go out of my way to use the word “cock!”

 

[medtran49]

So strange…I’d go out of my way to use the word “cock!”

And that's probably why Americans started using rooster. Ah, those Puritans!

 

[TastyReuben]

And that's probably why Americans started using rooster. Ah, those Puritans!

My great-10x-grandfather, 1650:

“Prithee, but hast thou sighted the size of Master Smith’s cock! I dare put forth that Goody Smith is well-pleased, thou portends my intent, yea verily?!”

“It’s off to the stocks with you, Goodman Tasty! This is the third occurrence this month alone, good sir, for such salty words of language!”

“But whatever for?! I was merely commenting on the new rooster he’s procured, and how his dear prudent wife will have many chickens with which to feed her growing family…I jest not!”