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Credit: Pricillia StilesCan you tell the difference between a boiler and a broiler? A rooster from a roaster? We've compiled a list of chicken terms every owner needs to know.
- Bantam: A diminutive breed of domestic fowl
- Boiler: A chicken 6 to 9 months old.
- Broiler: A cockerel of 2 or 3 pounds, at 8 to 12 weeks old.
- Cock: A male chicken, also called a rooster.
- Cockerel: A young rooster, under 1 year old.
- Fryer: A chicken of 3 to 4 pounds, at 12 to 14 weeks old.
- Hen: A female chicken.
- Nest Egg: Literally, a china or wooden egg placed into the nest to encourage laying; figuratively, something set aside as security.
- Point-of-lay Pullet: A young female, just about to lay, near 5 months old.
- Pullet: A young female chicken, under 1 year old.
- Roaster: A chicken of 4 to 6 pounds, over 12 to 14 weeks old.
- Rooster: A male chicken; also called a cock.
- Sexed Chicks: Separated into pullets only or only cockerels
- Straight Run: Pullets and cockerels, mixed (unsexed or "as hatched.")
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Hi, thanks but a little
Hi, thanks but a little confused.
If a Hen is a female chicken, and a cock or cockerel is a male, what are fryers and roasters, which you simply call
Fryer "A chicken of 3 to 4 pounds, at 12 to 14 weeks old."
or
Roaster: A chicken of 4 to 6 pounds, over 12 to 14 weeks old"
Thanks.
Fryers and Roasters can be
Fryers and Roasters can be male or female.
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