Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
abattage des reproducteurs ou pondeuses
English translation:
slaughtering the breeders or layers
French term
abattage des reproducteurs ou pondeuses
| 4 +3 | slaughtering the breeders or layers |
Anna Quail
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| 4 +2 | slaughtering of breeding cockerels/roosters or laying hens |
Bourth (X)
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slaughtering the breeders or layers
"Pullets, Layers & Breeders"
http://www.farmerfirst.com/poultry.shtml
(Pullets are young laying hens, less than a year old, which are more productive than older laying hens)
"Poultry Type Weekly Mortality
(based on average weight)
Layers .0028 kg
Layer pullets .0011 kg
Layer breeders .0056 kg
Broiler breeders .0120 kg
Breeder pullets .0027 kg
Broiler turkeys .0113 kg
Turkey hens .0180 kg
Turkey toms .0395 kg "
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex8517?opendocument
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Note added at 8 hrs (2006-01-30 08:12:05 GMT)
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For information: definition of "pullet" -
"A pullet is a young chicken, more specifically a hen at least 20-weeks-old which has begun to lay eggs but has not yet moulted. Pullets are more productive than the older laying hens; they often produce eggs for an entire year, while hens will lay for six-to-seven months."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullet
slaughtering of breeding cockerels/roosters or laying hens
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-01-30 00:58:43 GMT)
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Having now looked at the Ouèbbhe, I'm a little more convinced it is meant to refer to "breeding or laying hens", unless "reproducteurs" refers to "breeding hens AND cockerels".
Mind you, apart from waking you up in the morning, what else are cockerels for?
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Note added at 9 hrs (2006-01-30 09:44:54 GMT)
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John : you're quite right about "cockerel". I would naturally say "rooster" too, but that is an American-induced Kiwiism, I believe (SOED gives "rooster" as "chiefly US and dial."). I find English visitors passing through use "cockerel" when referring to a neighbour's (bloody) rooster ; possibly because they know me and expect schoolboy humour out of me should they use "cock".
Also, the local notaire told me that he had English guests for dinner at home one day. His rooster strutted across the yard, the guests watched it, and he commented, "Ah, you see, I have a big cock" (not knowing what he was saying). The guests could hardly contain their mirth, apparently, and explained ... He is now convinced he really passes for the typical backward "provincial solicitor" boasting of sexual prowess ...
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Jana Cole (X)
: reproducteurs are breeding roosters, reproductrice is a breeding hen, and pondeuse is a laying hen
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John Speese
: I would say rooster, not cockerel, a cockerel is a young male chicken before sexual maturity.
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