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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:14 PM
    Farm animals.
    What really did come first, the hen or the egg? And when its alive why do we call it a hen and when we eat it it's chichen?:confused: :D :eek: :rolleyes:
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:19 PM
    Umm, the hen is the female and the rooster is the male. They are both chicken.
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:23 PM
    So what came first? And surely we don't eat the cockeral/rooster?
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:24 PM
    That is the age old question.
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:29 PM
    Yep, with no logical answer! Cockeral in a basket anyone? Rooster with fries? Hen chow mein? Just doesn't go does it!
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:49 PM
    Of course the rooster, who is needed on some chicken farms to fertilize the hens, gets eaten (eventually) but usually male chickens are tough and stringy. The hens are plump and tender. There needs to be one rooster who can fertilize many hens. Nowadays, roosters are not important on factory farms, but are vital if the farmer has free-range chickens.

    The chicken came first.
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    Oct 27, 2007, 05:52 PM
    Many a rooster made it to my Grandma's chicken soup. Or if she was making chicken and dumplings. I will never forget one rooster, a beautiful bird, so colorful and very prolific. But mean as a rattlesnake. One day he took his last chunk out of my Grandma's leg and he ended up in Sunday's dinner.
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    Oct 28, 2007, 05:28 AM
    Now I don't know whether to feel sorry for your Grandma or the rooster?
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    Oct 28, 2007, 06:58 AM
    The egg came first it was late by a proto-chicken. A bird that was very close but not queit the modern definition of a chicken. A small final mutation in the gametes of said proto chicken resulted in it laying a chicken egg whence the first chicken came.
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    Oct 28, 2007, 07:03 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by SUICIDAL SID
    And when its alive why do we call it a hen and when we eat it it's chichen?:confused: :D :eek: :rolleyes:
    Lets not forget, the little ones are chicks.. so once the hens and roosters become food they are chick'ens!
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    Oct 28, 2007, 03:48 PM
    Got to say I like your answer firm believer.
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    Oct 28, 2007, 04:44 PM
    HAY -SUICIDAL SID , Ive got a question ? ( If it takes a chicken and a half , a day and a half to lay a egg and a half, How long does it take arooster sitting on a door knob to hatch out a hardware store??
    Figure this one out:::: , GOOD DAY AND GOOD LUCK,::::: F.B.E.
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