When's a Hen a Hen?

[Suki]

Posted on our FB page on the unofficial APA site. Brian Decker is an APA judge btw.


https://flic.kr/p/Ej3SMz

[John W Blehm]

I'll agree with Brian that the question is misleading...built on a false foundation. 

When is a hen a hen?

If it is a "hen", it is a hen. 
A female chicken is a hen (H) when she is a year old.  Before that she is a pullet (P).
The same year old time period is the only difference between a cock (C) and a cockerel (K).