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# Chicken

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A rooster and a hen.

A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated bird. It is usually kept by humans as livestock, which means it is kept for its meat and eggs.

A male chicken is called a rooster (or a cock), a female chicken is called a hen and a young chicken is called a chick.

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