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A hen is a domesticated fowl. A hen is a female chicken, it distances itself from chickens thanks to a smaller body and a comb less developed. Besides the colors of its coat are less bright.

Hens are omnivores and nidifugous. Hens can live up to 18 years old, but they rarely exceed 12 years old. This animal is adult as soon as it is 6 months old and can start laying eggs. A hen can lay between 100 and 300 eggs according to the specie and the place.

The child of a hen is called a chick. It is raised by the mother until the age of 3 months. A female chick can also be called a pullet.

Hens are kept in captivity for their eggs. Industrial chicken farm has improved so as to guarantee better health and security conditions to both animals and humans. United-States are the first chicken breeder of the world.

If cocks are the symbol of pride, courage, bravery (the cock is incidentally the symbol of France, and notably in sports) hens have on the contrary a disparaging image : trivial, stupid, fearful and so on...

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The origin of the Gaul cock relies on the fact that cock and Gaul have the same Latin root \'gallus\'.
Besides, cocks used to be sacred religious animals synonym of nation and faith.

Several idioms use the term of chicken such as : to be a chicken, to chicken out, he is no spring chicken, hen-pecked etc...

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