A chicken kept for egg production is called what?

• A. Layer
• B. Rooster
• C. Cockerel
• D. Hen

Answer: (A)

Egg production is the focus here, so the term layer describes a chicken kept specifically to lay eggs. The other terms refer to gender or general age: a rooster or cockerel is male, not used for laying; a hen is an adult female, but it doesn’t by itself indicate the bird is kept for egg production. In farming contexts, identifying a bird as a layer signals its production role, making it the best answer.