Hen: mature female

* Chick: newborn

* Clutch: group of eggs

* Pullet: immature female

* Cockeral: immature male

* Rooster: mature male

*Laying Breeds: Small bodies, they do not need as much food as the meat birds to maintain their muscle mass. They are for laying eggs as opossed to eating. ;0) Of course, if you really wanted to eat them you could. LOL

*Meat Breeds: These are normally called fryers, broilers, or roosters. The time to slaughter the birds is relatively quick, so a back yard flock could be raised and butchered within 6 months or less.

*Dual-Pupose Breeds: These chickens are good for both eggs and meat.

*Chicken Starter or Mash: This is feed for newly hatched chickens, I prefer the medicated kind.

*Pullet Grower: This is feed for those chickens that you are trying to fatten up to eat.

*Chicken Layer Feed: This is feed for those chickens that are laying eggs.

Roosts: This for the small laying flock, it is a board (or something) that is up above the floor of the coop for the chicken/s to sit on.