SC - Chicken names

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
> 
> Is there a specific term for a young male chicken?  The male equivalent
> of "pullet"?

Cockerel in English, I believe, for male chickens less than a year old.
In French (or so sez Larousse) the term "poularde" is sometimes applied
to male or female chickens of less than a certain age and weight (a year
and 1.8 kilos? I forget), but strictly speaking a poularde is female.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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