SWANS
A female Swan is called a...pen
A male Swan is called a...cob
A baby Swan is called a...signet
DUCKS
A female Duck is called a...hen/duck
A male Duck is called a...drake
A baby Duck is called a...duckling
GEESE
A female Goose is called a...goose
A male Goose is called a...gander
A baby Goose is called a...gosling
Choose an animal, name the female, male and the baby put your answers in the comment!
Choose an animal, name the female, male and the baby put your answers in the comment!
Morena Miss McCombie,
ReplyDeleteI like how you made all the names clear and sectioned them off per animal, it made it very easy to read.
Most of the names seem very unusual, also I saw that some can refer to other objects or names too, like a pen which can be either a female swan or a small slim object that holds ink, that you write with.
My 2 favourite names are a gosling and a drake. What is yours?
A baby female chicken is a pullet.
An older female chicken is a hen (they have either started laying eggs or more than a year old when they are named/classified a hen)
An immature/baby male chicken is a cockerel.
An older male chicken is a rooster.
My favourite name of the chickens is a pullet because it makes sense with the name as the chicken is small and I refer to a pullet to be a small object like a pallet.
What is your favourite chicken name?
Zara
Hi Zara,
DeleteThank you for your lovely comment on the layout on my post.
I do also think there are some usual names as we link them to other things, like you said to a pen.
I like the name rooster the best. We used to have a rooster in Scotland called Larry. He was meant to be a hen (female) but when he grew older it turned out that he was a rooster (male). Mum got a bit of a shock.
Did you know a baby Alpaca is called a cria?
Have a great day!
Miss McCombie