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Poultry: Poultry is the class of domesticated fowl (birds) used for food or for their eggs. These most typically are members of the orders Galliformes (such as chickens and turkeys), and Anseriformes (waterfowl such as ducks and geese).
source: Wikipedia
Rooster: the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
A.K.A.: cock, man chicken, male chicken
source: Dictionary.com
Hen: the female of the domestic fowl.
A.K.A.: female chicken, good lookin' (just kidding)
source: Dictionary.com
Pullet: A female chicken under one year of age.
source: University of Illinois Extension
Cockerel: A young rooster.
source: TheFreeDictionary.com
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