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Hen: an adult female chicken [9] Pullet: a young female chicken less than a year old. [10] In the poultry industry, a pullet is a sexually immature chicken less than 22 weeks of age. [11] Rooster: a fertile adult male chicken, especially in North America.
Nettie Metcalf, who created the breed in 1896. The Buckeye was first bred and developed in 1896, by Nettie Metcalf, a resident of Warren, Ohio. [6]: 56 It is the only American breed of chicken known to have been developed by a woman, although women customarily were in charge of the household poultry flock on farms and in households throughout much of U.S. history.
Males with this condition develop a female-type plumage, although otherwise look and respond as virile males. Hen-feathering in cocks is one of the typical characteristics of the Sebright Bantam , a breed established circa 1810, in accordance with the intentions of its creator, Sir John Saunders Sebright .
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Cemani rooster. The Ayam Cemani is a rare breed of chicken from Indonesia.They have a dominant gene that causes hyperpigmentation (fibromelanosis), making the chicken mostly black, including feathers, beak, and internal organs.
[35] [36] [37] Research examining female rats has lent its support, wherein female rats showed a higher incentive motivation for unknown males over ones they had just copulated with. [37] In a study conducted in 2013, researchers conducted an experiment to test if the Coolidge effect could be observed in female rats. [36]
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a chicken egg hatched by a toad or snake.
Three color varieties are recognised in the American Standard of Perfection: light, dark, and buff.The light Brahma has a base color of white, with black hackles edged in white and a black tail; the saddle-feathers of the cock are striped with black.