Peak eccentricity.

[Gillstay]

All hens are chickens, but not all chickens are hens!

Good point. I always wanted to know what the hermaphrodite ones were called. Please enlighten me !

 

[oldwheels]

All hens are chickens, but not all chickens are hens!

So all cats are in fact kittens and nobody has dogs but only puppies?

Some chickens indeed do not become hens but they become dinner when big enough.

 

[midlife]

You've no worries over avian flu?

I think you are right. There’s a national housing order afaik and the hen has to be kept indoors .

 

[ColinJ]

Good point. I always wanted to know what the hermaphrodite ones were called. Please enlighten me !

I didn't know that there were hermaphrodite birds!

I looked the word 'chickens' up and apparently it can be used for hens or roosters.

 

[ColinJ]

So all cats are in fact kittens and nobody has dogs but only puppies?

Aren't you thinking of 'chicks'?

 

[oldwheels]

Does the chicken wear a nappy or is it office trained?

Edit: Maybe you should be grateful that there isn't a peacock squatting in your office....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42880690

There was a peacock lived jut along the road for a while but it kept going for trips to annoy people quite a long was off. The owner gave up in the end but don't know whether is was eaten or rehomed.

 

[ColinJ]

Hens, chickens, etc.!

 

[Gillstay]

I didn't know that there were hermaphrodite birds!

I looked the word 'chickens' up and apparently it can be used for hens or roosters.

Exactly, but how about the other ?

 

[oldwheels]

I didn't know that there were hermaphrodite birds!

I looked the word 'chickens' up and apparently it can be used for hens or roosters.

In the immature stage they are the children and teenagers of poultry but the habit of calling hens chickens is an import from America.
Language is constantly changing but this is a step too far and leads to confusion.

 

[oldwheels]

Aren't you thinking of 'chicks'?

I thought chicks were human.

 

[ColinJ]

In the immature stage they are the children and teenagers of poultry but the habit of calling hens chickens is an import from America.
Language is constantly changing but this is a step too far and leads to confusion.

I hadn't actually thought about it until your original post and I didn't know which was what!

 

[Cycleops]

Some chickens indeed do not become hens but they become dinner when big enough.

I always knew you were Mrs Tweedie.

 

[oldwheels]

I've only watched 'Chicken Run'. Which were they ? Chickens presumably, Hen Run doesn't have quite the same ring about it.

Looking at them they are clearly hens but it does not sound so good. A Hen Run is where domestic hens are kept in my world at least.

 

[oldwheels]

I always knew you were Mrs Tweedie.

😄 I laugh but unfortunately I have never heard of Mrs Tweedie.

 

[oldwheels]

I hadn't actually thought about it until your original post and I didn't know which was what!

I seem to have set a cat among the pigeons

PS A young pigeon is a squab so far as I remember before anybody asks. Country estates had pigeon towers with nesting boxes for the pigeons and the eggs were collected for food but leaving enough to ensure enough new pigeons were hatched in due course.
A fountain of useless knowledge me.