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Baby Chickens! A mother chicken is called a hen while a father chicken is called a rooster. Hens can lay eggs that are fertilized or un-fertilized (with a baby or without).
Hereof, what do you call a chicken?
"Hen" and "rooster" are terms used to refer to adult chickens only. By contrast, baby chickens of either sex are called "chicks," but can also be called "peeps." Pullets, cockerels, juveniles: When they're young, female chickens are "pullets," and male chickens are "cockerels."
One may also ask, what are old hens called?
Hi, Blackbird: Sometimes old chickens are referred to as "biddies," but more often an old hen is called a "spent" if she is no longer laying eggs.
"Roo" is just short for "rooster," and "capon" refers to a neutered rooster. What you may not know is that we don't normally refer to young chickens or chicks by those terms. A baby chick is not a hen or a rooster. "Hen" and "rooster" are terms used to refer to adult chickens only.