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pullet

[ pool-it ]

noun

  1. a young hen, less than one year old.


pullet

/ ˈ±èÊŠ±ôɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a young hen of the domestic fowl, less than one year old
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pullet1

1325–75; Middle English polet < Middle French poulet, diminutive of poul cock < Latin pullus chicken, young of an animal; akin to foal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pullet1

C14: from Old French poulet chicken, from Latin pullus a young animal or bird
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Pro tip: It begins with a six-pound kosher pullet, a hen less than a year old.

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The fenced pastures for the bulls were now overrun with thousands of young stags and pullets, pecking at the trail of food he threw out from the golf cart.

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“My dear pullets,†replied Orddu, “you still don’t understand, do you? Evil? Why, bless your little thumping hearts, we aren’t evil.â€

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Raising antibiotic-free birds â€forces us to go back to the basics and get things right from the start to the finish, from pullet flocks to broilers,†and that almost requires relearning chicken husbandry, Tabler said.

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“Queenie, from now on if you fry a pullet this small, fry two.â€

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