Animal Gender Terms

Broilers

• Chickens used for their feathers

• Chickens bred to lay a large number of eggs

• Chickens grown for meat

Layers

• Chickens bred to produce large numbers of eggs

• Chickens bred for meat production

• Young chickens

Pullet

• Chickens produced for feathers

• Young female poultry

• Male turkey

Hen

• female that lays eggs

• Young female chicken

• Young turkey

Rooster

• Male turkey

• Chickens grown for meat

• Male chicken

Chicks

• Small hens

• Young chicken

• Used for chicken nuggets

Tom

• Male turkey

• Male chicken

• Big bird

Poults

• Young chicken

• Young turkey

• Turkeys used for Thanksgiving

Bull

• Uncastrated male

• Cattle with horns

• Cattle used for meat production

Steer

• Uncastrated male

• Castrated male

• Female that does not have a calf