That is a rooster, not a hen A rooster is an adult male chicken. A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat or sell their eggs. Further along, Kipper saw a sheep. He is shearing its coat, not cutting its hair. shearing 1. the action or process of cutting with or as with shears 2. something cut off with shears, as the amount of wool cut from sheep shears->a pair of scissors..