pullet

[ pool-it ]

noun

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

pullet

/ ˈpʊlɪt /

noun

1. a young hen of the domestic fowl, less than one year old

Word 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pullet¹

C14: from Old French poulet chicken, from Latin pullus a young animal or bird

Example Sentences

The reasons for an untimely death at the hatchery could be the misfortune of being hatched a "roo" instead of a pullet, having a visible illness or developmental irregularity or simply being born in a cohort of too many chicks.

From Salon

Pro tip: It begins with a six-pound kosher pullet, a hen less than a year old.

From Washington Post

The new cases mean that across the nation, farmers have had to kill about 22 million egg-laying chickens, 1.8 million broiler chickens, 1.9 million pullet and other commercial chickens, and 1.9 million turkeys.

From Seattle Times

Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply, the kind of place where you can buy a 12-gauge shotgun or a $999.99 rifle scope, a Sig Sauer, a Beretta, sacks of feed or New Hampshire Red pullet chicks for $3.49 each.

From Los Angeles Times

Raising antibiotic-free birds ”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.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• chicken
• duck
• fowl
• geese
• pheasant
• pigeon