pullet
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- noun
- /ˈpʌlɪt/
- Specialized
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pollita
- I lost a 2-month-old pullet to a raccoon last week and a 1-month-old meat variety chick to an apparent hawk attack yesterday.
Examples
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For that reason, I introduce 2 or 3 new pullets a year so that I never end up with a very elderly flock all laying intermittently.
Blog text (3) -
"We ain't got nothing but pullet eggs," he said, fishing up another handful of beans.
Fiction book (1998) -
-Well, there's two dozen pullets.
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No, not them old roosters—the pullets.
Fiction book (2001) -
I remember my mother boiling the bark she'd cut from the tree and feeding the reddish-brown "tea" to her pullets, who, without it, were likely to cannibalize each other.
Academic text (1997) -
In spring, we bought three young pullets that should start laying eggs soon.
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Farmers prefer pullets because they begin producing eggs at a younger age than older hens.
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Each pullet added to our flock helps increase our egg production throughout the year.
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Etymology
Pullet comes from an old French word meaning 'little hen' and from Latin pullus meaning 'young animal'. So a pullet is a young hen not yet fully grown, which helps you remember it is a 'young' bird similar to other words like poultry.