Show Poultry Terms Poultry terms not generally known are as follows A cockerel is a male bird less than a year old A cock Is a male bird over a year old A pullet pul-let is a female bird less than a year old A hen is a female bird over a roar old A yearling Is generally one counted as having laid 12 months A setting eggs is 13 although many poul trymen have Increased it to 15 A broiler broil-er Is a bird weighing two pounds or less and from 6 to 12 weeks old A capon is tho male bird deprived of its generative organs for the purpose of Improving the weight and delicacy of tho carcass A spring chicken Is a young bird weighing over two pounds A stewing chicken weighs about three pounds A roaster weighs four or more pounds A poult Is a turkey In Its first year A poulardo is a pul lo deprived of the power of producing eggs with the object of size A trio Is a male und two females A breeding breed-ing pen is generally made up of from 5 to 14 females and a male The male chicken Is called a cock the male gooso a gander the malo duck i drako and the male turkey a tom |