A male chicken is called a rooster. (It is also known as a cockerel or cock). A female chicken is called a hen.
The term "rooster" originated in the United States in the 1770s, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The older terms "cock" or "cockerel" are used in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Around 600 BC, roosters were banned in Sybaris, Greece because of their noise.
The rooster appeared on some Gallic coins in Roman times and the Latin word "gailus" meant both "inhabitant of Rome" and "rooster". As a result, the rooster was widely depicted on French churches. Its vigilance at sunrise was seen as a model for a believer awaiting the Second Coming.
In 1474, in Switzerland, a rooster was sentenced to burn at the stake for committing the “heinous and unnatural crime of laying an egg”.
The French Revolution established the rooster as the representation of France's identity.
Nine out of ten Navy sailors had tattoos in the late 1800s. A pig on one foot and a rooster on the other were believed to protect them from drowning.
Roosters, often associated with the sun goddess Amaterasu, can often be found around Japan's Shinto shrines.
When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals completely close off. This helps prevent them from damaging their hearing when they crow their piercing cock-a-doodle-doo.
Roosters perform a dance called “tidbitting”, making food calls and moving their heads up and down to attract females.
Source Daily Express
The term "rooster" originated in the United States in the 1770s, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The older terms "cock" or "cockerel" are used in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Around 600 BC, roosters were banned in Sybaris, Greece because of their noise.
The rooster appeared on some Gallic coins in Roman times and the Latin word "gailus" meant both "inhabitant of Rome" and "rooster". As a result, the rooster was widely depicted on French churches. Its vigilance at sunrise was seen as a model for a believer awaiting the Second Coming.
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| Cockerel next to the medieval chapel of Lynch. By Rob Farrow |
In 1474, in Switzerland, a rooster was sentenced to burn at the stake for committing the “heinous and unnatural crime of laying an egg”.
The French Revolution established the rooster as the representation of France's identity.
Nine out of ten Navy sailors had tattoos in the late 1800s. A pig on one foot and a rooster on the other were believed to protect them from drowning.
Roosters, often associated with the sun goddess Amaterasu, can often be found around Japan's Shinto shrines.
When roosters open their beaks fully, their external auditory canals completely close off. This helps prevent them from damaging their hearing when they crow their piercing cock-a-doodle-doo.
Roosters perform a dance called “tidbitting”, making food calls and moving their heads up and down to attract females.
Source Daily Express
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