pullet

Example Sentences

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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 • Apr. 1, 2022

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 • Dec. 24, 2019

A month later, Cahill’s favorite pullet — Repecca, the one that followed her everywhere and sat on her lap — also began to crow.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2018

It was a pullet egg, that is, an egg from a young hen that had only just started laying.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2017

Johnny had never seen an old dog fox with a fat pullet in his mouth, but he recognized the expression when he saw it.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes