Little House on the Prairie1974

Graham Stewart:
That big one... he'll probably lay a ton of eggs too.

Mary Ingalls:
That's a rooster. A boy chicken. Boy chickens don't lay eggs.

Graham Stewart:
Then how do you tell which is which?

Mary Ingalls:
Their just... well, they're different. You know... different. Boy chickens are like Pa's and girl chickens are like Ma's and... Well, there's one way to tell. If you lift a girl chicken off the next, there'll be an egg under her.

Graham Stewart:
Boy chicken... no egg.