pullet
Immature female chicken
A pullet is a young hen, specifically one less than a year old that has begun laying eggs but hasn't yet gone through her first molt.
The term distinguishes these birds from chicks (too young to lay) and mature hens: The pullets started producing eggs last month.
Common in poultry farming and backyard chicken keeping.
Female fowl
- chickYoung bird, especially poultry
- cockerelMale chicken, not mature
- roosterMale domestic fowl
- fowlBirds for the table
bantam · broiler · layer · silkie · comb · wattle · feathers · beak
Young bird, especially poultry
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- eggReproductive cell in shell
incubation · brood · growth · immature · day-old · sexed · maturation · adolescent
Poultry enclosure
- henhousePoultry dwelling
- flockAnimals gathered together
- roostBird's sleeping spot
- brooderHeated shelter for chicks
feed · farmer · pasture · free-range · pasture-raised · barn · grower · hatchery
Putting down horizontally
- layerSingle thickness of material
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- eggReproductive cell in shell
oviposition · production · yolk · shell · brooding · productive · prolific · consistent
Animals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
- husbandryFarm management practice
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- domesticatedBred under human care
grazing · ranching · stock · commercial · dual-purpose
hen
Female fowl
fowl · bantam · broiler · layer · silkie · comb · wattle · feathers · beak · cluck
chick
Young bird, especially poultry
egg · incubation · brood · growth · immature · day-old · sexed · maturation · adolescent
coop
Poultry enclosure
brooder · feed · farmer · pasture · free-range · pasture-raised · barn · grower · hatchery · vaccination
laying
Putting down horizontally
egg · oviposition · production · yolk · shell · brooding · productive · prolific · consistent
flock
Animals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
- husbandryFarm management practice
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
domesticated · grazing · ranching · stock · commercial · dual-purpose