pullets

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Cal-Maine Foods culled about 1.6 million laying hens and another 337,000 pullets, or young hens, after the detection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Crystal Cahill of Great Meadows, N.J., twice took advantage of that sort of deal after buying what she was told were four 7-week-old pullets in November.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2018

He joined the suit after buying pullets, or young chickens, from Diemand Farm, the only chicken farm in Massachusetts that still uses battery cages.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2016

Sherri McGarry, an official, said salmonella was found in feed given to young birds, known as pullets, that were raised by a DeCoster facility for use at both its own farms and at Hillandale Farms.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2010

Led by three young Black Minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart Napoleon’s wishes.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell