pullets
Immature female chickens
Pullets are young hens, specifically female chickens less than a year old that have begun laying eggs or are about to.
The term distinguishes them from chicks (too young) and mature hens (fully grown).
Farmers and backyard chicken keepers use the word when discussing egg production: We bought six pullets at the feed store.
Domestic fowl for eggs
- hensFemale chickens
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- fowlBirds for the table
- broilersYoung fowl for cooking
roosters · cockerels · flock · henhouse · coop · roost · feathers · beaks
Farm management practice
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- rearingNurturing to maturity
- raisingLifting or nurturing
- feedSupply with sustenance
agriculture · livestock · farmer · pasture · grain · coop · brooder · incubator
Newly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- fledglingsYoung birds with feathers
- immatureNot fully developed
young · maturing · growing · adolescent · yearlings · starter · grower · finisher
Putting down horizontally
- ovipositionDepositing eggs externally
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- productionMaking or generating something
- yolkEgg's nutrient core
chickens
Domestic fowl for eggs
broilers · roosters · cockerels · flock · henhouse · coop · roost · feathers · beaks · wattles
husbandry
Farm management practice
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- rearingNurturing to maturity
- raisingLifting or nurturing
feed · agriculture · livestock · farmer · pasture · grain · coop · brooder · incubator · hatchery
chicks
Newly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- fledglingsYoung birds with feathers
immature · young · maturing · growing · adolescent · yearlings · starter · grower · finisher · sexed
laying
Putting down horizontally
- ovipositionDepositing eggs externally
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- productionMaking or generating something
- poultrychicken, hen, turkey, duck, goose
- chickshatchlings, brooder, incubator, sexing, candling
- eggschicken egg, scrambled eggs, duck egg, Easter egg, fried eggs
- baby poultrychicks, duckling, ducklings, gosling, goslings