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We call them 'roosters' usually. Source: many of my neighbors.

• fastball 6y ago
  You probably call peacocks peacocks though, even though the "correct" collective name is peafowl.
  • hashkb 6y ago
    Nope, we don't have any fowl here other than domesticated chickens and the occasional wild turkey family. Also Wild Turkey. The word "peacock" is now only really useful in streaming TV.
• bartread 6y ago
  That might be a regional difference: I've heard cock or cockerel plenty of times in British English. We even sang a song at primary school called "The Golden Cockerel" in assemblies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkoWrj_IBWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkoWrj_IBWo
• rootusrootus 6y ago
  It has become more common to say rooster in recent times, sure, probably because of the slang usage. Fun fact: Rooster Rock in Oregon looks nothing like a rooster, because it was originally Cock Rock. Because that's what it looks like, and even the Indians named it for that.