Cockerel - A male chicken under one year of age; also called young rooster. Crossbred - The offspring of parents of different varieties or breeds. Gallus domesticus - The domestic chicken.
- The easiest way to tell the age of a rooster is by the length of his spurs as smaller spurs would indicate a cockerel (a male under 1 year of age.) The challenge is that if the spurs have been removed from a mature rooster, they will be small too.
- It's a little fluid, but generally baby chickens go from being called chicks to being called pullets or cockerels once they grow in feathers rather than down.
- BANTAM: A small domestic chicken that is often a miniature version of a larger breed. BIDDY: Another term for chicks or baby chickens.
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