BROILER: Meat-type chicken which is marketed at 6.5 wk of age. Live weight at market averages 4 to 4.5 lb./bird.

FRYER: Term is used interchangeably with broiler.

ROASTER: Meat-Type chickens which are marketed at 9 wk for males and 11 wk for females. Live weight at market ranges between 6 and 8 lb.

PULLET: Young female chicken between 10 and 32 wk. of age, usually this term denotes egg-type birds.

LAYER: Mature egg type chicken over 32 weeks of age.

HEN: An adult female chicken or turkey.

CHICK: A young chicken, either male or female.

POULT: A young turkey, either male or female.

DUCKLING: A young duck, either male or female.

GOSLING: A young goose, either male or female.

SQUAB: A young pigeon, either male or female.

KEET: A young guinea hen, either male or female.

COCKEREL: A young male chicken between 10 - 32 weeks of age.

COCK: Adult male chicken -- Rooster.

TOM: Male turkey

DRAKE: Male duck

DUCK: Term used to connote both sexes but is also used to refer to the female gender. Ducks are marketed at 35 days of age at an average live weight of 7 lb./bird.

GANDER: Male goose

GOOSE: Term used to connote both sexes but is also used to refer to the female gender.

CAPON: Castrated male chicken

SPENT HEN: Hen that is approximately 1 1/2 yr. of age who is at the end of her production cycle. Some spent hens are sold cheaply to companies like Campbells for making chicken noodle soup.