pullet
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A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
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Females over a year old are known as hens and younger females as pullets citation although in the egg-laying industry, a pullet becomes a hen when she begins to lay eggs at 16 to 20 weeks of age.
The word "pullet" itself comes from Middle English pulet, from Old French polet, both from Latin pullus, a young fowl, young animal or chicken. citation citation The word "fowl" is of Germanic origin (cf.