Roosters - Sounds of Natures Alarm Clock
- A rooster, also known as a cockerel, or a cock is a male chicken with the female being called a hen.
- Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerelsThe oldest term is "cock," from Old English coc.
- The term "rooster" originates from the United States, while in the United Kingdom and Ireland the older term "cockerel" is more widely used.
- In North America, Australia and New Zealand "rooster" (a relative neologism) is almost always used, occasionally cockerel.
- "Cock" is in general use as the name for a male of other species of bird, for example "Cock sparrow." "Roosting" is the action of perching aloft to....
