| 单词 | pullet |
| 例句 | “What did she want to do, then,” Bloom asked bitterly, “take my pullet home for a pet?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny had never seen an old dog fox with a fat pullet in his mouth, but he recognized the expression when he saw it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear pullets,” replied Orddu, “you still don’t understand, do you? Evil? Why, bless your little thumping hearts, we aren’t evil.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It looked to Johnny as if the dog fox had eaten a couple of fat pullets, and had a third in his mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Queenie, from now on if you fry a pullet this small, fry two.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the chickenyard she caught a little pullet, took it to the block and chopped its head off, and held the writhing neck over the jelly jar until it was half full of blood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she carried the quivering pullet to the manure pile and buried it deep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I squeal, I can’t help it, and run outside to the courtyard to taste him in private like a cat with a stolen pullet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The hens are a little old. We don’t have any pullets. The weasels got the baby chicks this year.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Led by three young Black Minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart Napoleon’s wishes. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize "for the pullets." In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z You know the one I’m talking about: the snow-white pullet that clucks through the wrecked Vegas hotel suite occupied by the picture’s debauched, drugged-out heroes. ‘The Hangover Part III’: a big headache 2013-05-22T00:08:06Z Pro tip: It begins with a six-pound kosher pullet, a hen less than a year old. Mimi Sheraton, influential food writer and reviewer, dies at 97 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The fenced pastures for the bulls were now overrun with thousands of young stags and pullets, pecking at the trail of food he threw out from the golf cart. Cockfighting Is Illegal in the U.S. Why Does It Breed so Many Fighting Birds? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Raising antibiotic-free birds ”forces us to go back to the basics and get things right from the start to the finish, from pullet flocks to broilers,” and that almost requires relearning chicken husbandry, Tabler said. Poultry, timber remain Mississippi’s top crops in 2019 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z A month later, Cahill’s favorite pullet — Repecca, the one that followed her everywhere and sat on her lap — also began to crow. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z It was a pullet egg, that is, an egg from a young hen that had only just started laying. Perspective | A show and tell-all: Readers remember grade school indignities 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The number of broilers, hens and pullets raised in the valley represents more than 65 percent of those in the state, and more than 90 percent of the state’s turkeys are there. Nearly 200 million chickens, turkeys and cows are making a mess of the Shenandoah River 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Instead, the scientists matched the cancer’s DNA to pullet shell clams, which live in the same intertidal beds off the coast of Spain. Cancer Is Contagious Among Clams. What About Us? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z He joined the suit after buying pullets, or young chickens, from Diemand Farm, the only chicken farm in Massachusetts that still uses battery cages. Massachusetts cage-free chickens plan brings together unlikely opponents 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Critics say that backyard flock owners’ demand for day-old pullets, or female chicks, leads to more cockerels, or male chicks, being culled or slipping through to eventually wind up in need of homes or dumped. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z A sparrow returned a few minutes later, and one of the pullets trotted over and chased it off. In More Backyards, the Chicken Comes First 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z There is also limited barn space for raising chicks into young birds, known as pullets. Bird flu aftershocks to drive U.S. turkey, egg prices higher 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Those who’ve signed on for the adventure praise the personalities of their pullets and the perfection of their eggs. Backyard chickens lay path for a new trend 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Their light breakfast consisted of half a sheep, a quarter of lamb, ten pullets, twelve chickens, seven dozen eggs, salad “in proportion,” three quarts of brandy, and six quarts of mulled wine. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Cahill was legally allowed to have roosters but did not want them, so she called the chicken farm where she’d bought her birds, and the owner gave her two pullets in exchange for the rooster. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z One recent day, two sparrows flew through the chain-link fence and began to peck at the pullets’ organic, soy-free grower feed. In More Backyards, the Chicken Comes First 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "That's why the pullet growing is going to be such a bottleneck in the industry." Bird flu aftershocks to drive U.S. turkey, egg prices higher 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z As to my poultry, I obtained with some difficulty the favor of a pullet and a rooster for $2.00. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z In some, the gray predominates, interspersed with lightish yellow and white feathers upon the pullets. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The farm owner again offered her two pullets in exchange, but Cahill couldn’t part with the bird. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The new backyard pullets on East 15th Street in Ditmas Park, now over two months old, are taking their time learning the ropes of chickenhood. In More Backyards, the Chicken Comes First 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The move would create additional space in pullet barns to raise replacement birds while pullets finish growing in laying houses. Bird flu aftershocks to drive U.S. turkey, egg prices higher 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z I've known two puppies thrown in under this window that did not weigh more than a fat pullet apiece. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z That of the pullet is carried uprightly, as it ought to be; but in the cockerel, it remains depressed, awaiting the growth of the sickle-feathers. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Raw pullet, veal, and fish, make the churchyard fat. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "Never you mind, Silver Heels," said I, tying a plated hook on her line, and covering it with a long silvery strip of skin and pin-feathers from a pullet's neck. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z When polished it was as big as a pullet's egg. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z Therefore, by having pullets and hens of different ages, and moulting at different times, a healthy laying stock may be kept up. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z A pullet of this breed laid one hundred and twenty eggs in one hundred and twenty-five days, then stopped six days, then laid sixteen eggs more, stopped four days, and again continued her laying. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z These eggs are very delicate eating, the yolks being equal to that of a young pullet, and the whites of a semi-transparent azure, but the bird itself is always fishy. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z His face brightened at the odor, grew radiant at the flavor, and long before we reached the roast pullet and salad he expressed his satisfaction with Spanish cookery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Aye, I have wherewith to pay for your three scraggy hens, your four mangy pullets, and that big idiot of a peacock dragging his dirty tail in your yard. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Old hens are more steady sitters than pullets, more fond of their brood, and not so apt as pullets to leave them too soon. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z As early pullets, for laying purposes in the autumn and winter after they are hatched, no fowls can surpass the Spanish. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z I will bring thee legs of pullets, remnants of tarts, and fragments of desarts. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z "The elementary spirits," he would explain with imperturbable gravity, "are the green butterfly, the black pullet, the queen of the hairy flies, and the screech owl." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Once a white owl with yellow eyes sat upon the ridge-pole of our barn; but our pullets were safe within, and Penelope drove him away with snowballs. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z They reach their full size at an early age, and the pullets are in their prime at eight months. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Old hens are generally preferred to pullets as sitters, on account of their more sedate and matronly character. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Dampier says, 'so sweet that no pullet can eat more pleasantly. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Antiphanes also reckons starlings among the eatable birds, numerating them in the following list—"Honey, partridges, pigeons, ducks, geese, starlings, jays, rooks, blackbirds, quails, and pullets." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z All house-work and cooking she accomplished, and milked and churned and cared for the pullets. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The cockerels show the white face earlier than the pullets, and a blue, shrivelly appearance in the face of the chickens is a better sign of future whiteness than a red fleshiness. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Elderly hens will be more willing to sit than young and giddy pullets. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "Villain that you are," said Grimbard, "will you, for a silly pullet, fall again into your sins?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z After that it would up to her throat in a bunch like a pullet’s egg; and then she would turn back her head and say, ‘Witch, you shan’t choke me.’ Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z It is out by the chicken yard, and I am so afraid it is burglars after the pullets Aunt Mary told me she was saving for chicken salad for the wedding supper. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z One test of condition," says Mr. Baily, "more particularly of the pullets, is the state of the comb, which will be red, soft, and developed, just in proportion to the condition of the bird. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z The top-knot of the cockerel inclines to hang more backward than that of the pullets. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z There boiled stags and elks, pullets of Archangel, and boars of Podolie. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z "A pullet, master!" answered the host, "I sent above fifty yesterday to the city to sell; but, setting aside pullets, you may have any thing else." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z On reaching Accomac, my boy, I found the Conic Section of the Mackerel Brigade reconnoitering in force after a pullet they had seen the night before. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Do not let him be the parent of chickens from pullets that are his own offspring. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z They are believed, also, to be more precocious in their constitution; and consequently to lay at an earlier age than the pullets of other breeds. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z When the chicks are returned, renters get a voucher for a dozen eggs in the fall, when the pullets start to lay. Family farm's Rent-A-Chick program helps it survive 2011-04-10T22:25:48Z Hey day!" cried the host, "my guest has a rare knack at guessing; I told him I had no hens nor pullets in the house, and yet he would have me to have eggs! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Placing the plate on his knees, Louis commenced to dissect the pullet and devour it with avidity, obedient to the mandates of that formidable appetite peculiar to the house of Bourbon. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z In crossing, the cockerels will more or less resemble the male, and the pullets the hen. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z You brought him every day good bread and fat pullets. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z But Bud's pleasure at this proof that scientifically fed chickens did more for less money was somewhat diminished by the fact that until the past few weeks his chickens had produced only undersized pullets' eggs. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z And then, as if that were not enough, what did Kitty Mills do, but send back that same yellow-legged pullet, and even the very same bit, offering to swap again. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Mother Bunch, was a very good hen indeed, laying every day, except Sunday, in the summer and spring time; and that the smart, speckled-backed pullet was no good at all for laying. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Wright County Egg provided feed and young birds, known as pullets, to the Hillandale operation. Inspection of Egg Farms Uncovered Several Problems 2010-08-30T21:24:00Z Samples that tested positive for salmonella were collected from barns at the two farms, and from feed ingredients given to pullets at both farms. FDA ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall 2010-08-26T19:31:00Z Now you don't want to keep your own pullets 'cause you'll be breeding daughters back to their own father, and that's not for you. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z And now, by mishap, a wanton young pullet had flown up on to the wall that divided them from the poultry yard, and just cried, “Took—took—took!” before flying down. The Parson O' Dumford The fowls—a game rooster, a buff hen and a speckled pullet—hung in wicker baskets from wooden pegs at the back. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Some day I may persuade you to look in at my farm; I daresay, though the times are bad, we shall find a pullet to eat. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But it's a beautiful country when you douse the sunshine and turn on the starlight, or a half-size moon like that young pullet in the west sky yonder. The Reclaimers He caught up the cockerel and, as he stroked it, looked around at the pullets and thought of the flock they would become. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z "He has been sheltered under a mother's wings like a pullet, and for this I am beholden to Madame Gerlach, for she has trained up an obedient husband for me." The Progressionists, and Angela. In addition to this item, there will be needed about $1,500 for the purchase of pullets at $1.00 each, making a grand total of $3,500. A Living from the Land Ducklet is used to signify a female during her first laying season just as the word pullet is used in contrast to hen. Ducks and Geese Now, jist you go and drop a pretty young pullet in among ’em, and see if there won’t be a row. Seven Frozen Sailors The poultryman from whom Gram and Gramps had bought the original stock had traded fourteen young pullets for fourteen of Bud's pullets and three of Bud's cockerels, with Bud paying express charges both ways. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z After these cases, I fear my readers would see but little of the romantic in stories of stoats mesmerising hares and rabbits, or foxes paralysing pullets. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The following year he will carry over about 500 of these birds and can fill up with 1,000 pullets. A Living from the Land A pullet in the pen Is worth a hundred in the fen! The Nursery Rhymes of England The two gentlemen sat and supped their kail, in which a pullet had been boiled, with quite remarkable relish. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Something like half the chicks hatched would probably be cockerels and the other half pullets. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z "Boys," he remarked whimsically, "it seems to me as if Icky had had about enough reminders fer one day without these pesky Dominick pullets a-buttin' in." When the Cock Crows Stock may be acquired as day-old chicks, as ten- to twelve-week-old pullets or as adult birds ready to lay. A Living from the Land After much discussion the choice fell on three young Wyandotte pullets and a pair of white Aylesbury ducks, all of which were duly entered for exhibition. Loyal to the School Stew the pullet with a little ham, onions, and carrots, tossed previously in butter, moisten with stock, skim occasionally. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode For even after they started to lay, it would be a long while before his pullets would produce full-sized eggs. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z In one case the friendship existed between a pullet and a pig. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" His program calls for putting out about 2,400 chicks yearly from which he should have at least 1,000 pullets, which he will house in two of the laying houses. A Living from the Land "The pullets have got 'Highly Commended'!" squealed Magsie, rushing back from a further inspection down the line of cages. Loyal to the School Next morning she knew of no Nan but a pullet she had. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 There was a great bruise on his temple, and again on the back of his head—for he had spun round in falling—was a lump the size of a pullet's first egg. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies The pullet never left the farmyard to join in the rambles of the other fowls, but kept near the pig all day, occasionally roosting on its friend's back when taking its afternoon nap. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" We had hail this evening as large as pullets’ eggs. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Early pullets make great fall and winter layers, and late chickens are great layers in the spring, when older ones wish to set. Soil Culture Sly Reynard surveyed the them with gluttonous eyes, And made, spite of morals, a pullet his prize! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Stewed pullets, potatoes, salad, and etceteras, disappeared with marvellous celerity. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Did she sip wines with the gay adventurers over 'the roasted pullets' of the Tun tavern, or at the banquet table at Whitehall? The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) However, his anger was a little mitigated by the smell of a roasted pullet, which was brought to table and set before him. The History of Sandford and Merton The girl turned her head sideways, and rolled up her eyes like a pullet drinking. Phemie Frost's Experiences There was something over a peck of Early Rose potatoes in the basket—in size from a pigeon's to a pullet's egg. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work She arranged her exquisite blonde hair most beautifully, with a pullet's feather and a band made of burrs. Old French Fairy Tales At Washington, D. C., January, 1899, 1st and 2d hens, 2d and 4th pullets, and 3d and 4th pens, Black Minorcas; 5th pen, Barred Plymouth Rocks. A Virginia Village "Me voilà!" said Fouchette, gaining her feet and lightly shaking her ruffled remains together, as if she were a young pullet that had calmly fluttered down from the roost. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life The pullets that are hatched from the first of March up to the first of May, commence laying all along from the middle of September to the first of December. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Truly, you never saw anything as handsome as Cæsar––he’s the rooster; and I have six pullets. Whispering Smith She arranged her pullet wing in a different manner from that of the day before, put on her dress, her necklace, her shoes, her bracelets and then stood before the glass. Old French Fairy Tales A long-necked pullet was standing in the doorway, with her mouth open; others stood wondering, beyond. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Turkeys, capons, pullets with eggs, fowls, chickens, tame rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, all sorts of wild-fowl, which begin to decline in this month. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Somebody says that "Plymouth Rock pullets are not always early layers, for they often grow for ten or twelve months before laying, though some lay as early as six months after hatching." Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Blood and thunder now, that such a sparrow should try to turn hawk, and pounce on your little pullet here. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage The soup was soon swallowed, the leg of lamb entirely eaten, then the pullet, then the salad. Old French Fairy Tales Boil five pullet's eggs, quite hard; and without removing the white, cover them completely with a fine relishing forcemeat, in which, let scraped ham, or chopped anchovy, bear a due proportion. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Hares, leverets, partridges, quails, young turkeys, geese, ducks, capons, pullets, fowls, chickens, pigeons, wild and tame rabbits, wild ducks, widgeon, teal, plover, larks, and pippets. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Then, as the mink crept stealthily forward, measuring the distance to a pullet on a lower perch, the badger ambled toward him, snarling furiously, his teeth snapping and his eyes glowing red with hatred. The Biography of a Prairie Girl They grew to their full size, nearly as large as a pullet's egg, some time in June, and they were gathered green, and carried home to be ripened in the cornmeal-barrel. A Boy's Town She put on as usual her robe of coarse cloth, her pullet's wing, and all the rude ornaments she had brought from the farm and then looked at herself in the glass. Old French Fairy Tales Game, pheasants, partridges, hares, rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, turkeys, capons, pullets, fowls, chickens, tame pigeons.—Fish. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Boil your turkey, and serve with the same sauce as for pullets, only adding a few mushrooms. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. For she had resolved to postpone the catching of Sassy till evening, when the elusive pullet would be sleepily seated on a two-by-four in the empty cow-stall that now served for a coop. The Biography of a Prairie Girl In it he melted lead for bullets, To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets; To whom he bore so fell a grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t'any such. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 A table soon appeared, with good smoking soup, a splendid leg of lamb, a roasted pullet and good salad. Old French Fairy Tales If a capon, pullet, or chicken, boil it in good mutton broth. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Take a roasted fowl, turkey, or pullet; pull it into shreds; there must be neither bone nor skin. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Through the tomatoes they ran, till the little girl sat down from sheer exhaustion, with Godfrey panting beside her and the pullet perched near by on a pile of seed onions. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Eggs vary considerably in size; in the following receipts we mean the full-sized hen’s egg; if you have only pullet’s eggs, use two for one. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual With his mouth full of chicken, remnant of Eunice's pullets, he burst forth. The Brass Bound Box To roast a small hen turkey or a pullet with batter, the bird must first be boned, and filled with forcemeat or stuffing. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Chop sweet-herbs and bacon, with grated bread, butter, spice, and the yolk of an egg; tie both ends of the pullets, and boil them. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Then she set about jailing the culpable pullet. The Biography of a Prairie Girl “Villain that you are,” said Grimbard, “will you, for a silly pullet, fall again into your sins?” The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg Second Edition Eunice sent your grandma a pair o' pullets no longer ago 'n yesterday. The Brass Bound Box To make it, several plump, tender, full-grown pullets were simmered in water to barely cover them, with a few pepper corns, half a dozen cloves, and a blade of mace, until very, very tender. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Among all the smart poultry Betty found herself passed over and called "only a pullet." Dick and His Cat and Other Tales For second course—My! but that pullet was a tender bird, so she was. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life They want neither corn, pullets, cattle, nor yet wild fowl. A History of Elizabethan Literature Sly Reynard survey'd them with gluttonous eyes, And made, spite of morals, a pullet his prize. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets This maxim set his conscience at rest, and the result was, that the unfortunate pullet was eaten up to the very bones. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental "Yes," replied the Princess, "my father is going to roast young pullets today." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Sure the pullet was bad enough, but this baby'll be me death! Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life "Yes," replied the princess, "my father is going to roast young pullets to-day." What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales She moved on a step or two, while the white pullet was handed over by its feet to the small coloured urchin and to destruction. Virginia Chicken, Turtle Fashion.—This requires a pullet or young hen about six months old. Choice Cookery "Yes, because I'm roasting young pullets," replied the Princess. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A hog o'er cabbage said his benison; The wolf was won by haunch of venison; A pullet won the fox; a thistle Tickled the donkey's tongue of gristle. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) "Yes, because I'm roasting young pullets," replied the princess. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Information can be gathered from the pupils as to the date of hatching of the earliest chickens and the date at which the pullets begin to lay. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study I’ve tried to get early hatchings from my brooders, for pullets help out with winter eggs when prices are high, laying double what a yearling does during the cold months. The Prairie Mother Two pullets were at their request killed for them, no more being left; and as their appetites were pretty good, the others entertained hopes of their convalescence. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. "Unless they pound it like they say they do the boarding-house beefsteak, that pullet will sure be tough." The Mission of Janice Day Then, thoughtfully: “Half a day’s work would make that place fit for the king’s pullets.” Eve to the Rescue The pullets, August proudly informed me, were laying. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Even my seven dead pullets, which had been battered to death by the hail, were left to lie where they had fallen. The Prairie Mother In this she deposits her eggs—from seventy to one hundred and twenty of them—each egg being white, hard-shelled, and between the size of a pigeon's and pullet's. Popular Adventure Tales Besides, whatsoever I get of pullets, geese, partridges, or clover, flesh or fish, you, your wife, and children shall have the first choice, ere any are eaten by me. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes It is time enough for these bantams to think of finding a pullet when they have raised money enough by their own work to buy a bundle of laths to build a hen house. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Despise not the day of small things, while there are pullets on the spit, and let every fowl have fair play, between the jaws of thy philosophy. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family It was oblong, and about as big as a pullet’s egg, but more irregular in shape. The Prairie Mother In this she deposits her eggs—from seventy to one hundred and twenty of them—each egg being white, hard-shelled, and between the size of a pigeon’s and pullet’s. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon I have raised five nice girls, and I have always treated 'em as if they had common sense along with woman's nat'ral goodness and consid'able more self-reliance than a Leghorn pullet. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 He knows 'em, root and branch; and they are all on 'em jest about as proud as Lucifer, and as consayted as a pullet over her fust egg. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk Occasionally a bird calls with a startling cry—perhaps the very bird that murdered my poor pullet. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson It wearies me to think, you see— Death would be better, rather— Should downy chicks be hatched of me, By fate's most pitiless decree, My piping pullets still would be With never a grandfather. The Book of Humorous Verse He began to raise chickens, and my father-in-law met him on the street one day and asked how he was getting on with his pullets that were going to lay so many eggs. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 The young ostriches, when they emerge from the nest, are about the size of pullets. In the Wilds of Africa “Morris says,” said Mr Vallance, turning round from the window, “that all his finest pullets are gone, too, and some of his ducks.” A Pair of Clogs One pullet was its especial favourite; it accompanied her every day to her nest under the boards of an out-house, and would then lie down outside, as if to watch over her. Stories of Animal Sagacity I can only warn you, Mr. Salomon," repeated the little jailor, "that Sir Henry is watching you as a chicken hawk watches a tender pullet. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Two or three young pullets were following the lead of this ancient pirate, evidently fascinated by his recklessness. Fair Harbor Then he gives me one sour look an' marches out to count the chick'ns, an' when he comes back he says: 'It's the brown pullet with white on the wings. Mary Louise in the Country We had, for example, prairie pullets or half-grown grouse, wild turkeys and tender venison. Memoirs Even the plump pullets, served in a style that had made Miss Baker famed throughout those discriminating parts—even those pullets failed to awaken the expected and proper enthusiasm in the visitors. The Holy Cross and Other Tales Altho my appetite was quite gone, I resolved to force down as much as I could; and desired the leg of a pullet. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I There are none anywhere to be compared with the megapodean pullets of the Malayan Archipelago, no birds half so “early” as they. The Castaways "Doctor takes out his knife,—precious sharp and shiny 't was!—cuts into his arm with no more ado than if he was carving a pullet,—out squirts the blood, a good un." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 When a pullet is ready to lay she intimates the event by a joyous and easy soft note. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 I would just as soon believe these pullets, which I am about to eat, are alive, as that a man who has been gibbeted eight days is not dead.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 "But I cannot leave my pullets," she said, aghast. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier The proprietor had an extra pullet on the spit roasting for a chance customer. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Honest, they looked like they'd been got up for the pullets' annual costume ball. Torchy, Private Sec. Capons have small combs and gills, and look pallid about the head, p. 81like pullets; they also walk without any parade, and hover chickens like hens. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 No sooner had he spoken than the two pullets actually rose up alive. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 "They will kill your pullets and eat them." Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier "I hev got," he droned, as if he were reciting something made familiar by repetition, "two roosters, 'leven hens, an' three pullets." The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Three pullets and a couple of geese were but so much scum, which Don Quixote's squire whipped off to stay his stomach till dinner-time. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica They procured a pullet’s egg, it was emptied into a cup, to this was added flour and salt, in equal proportions, these ingredients were mixed together, made into three small cakes, and baked. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales And a good many other times, uncle, by always managing to get hold of a fat pullet when we were pretty near starving. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Aunt Abelard shrieked—and so did the pullets. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Although my appetite was quite gone, I resolved to force down as much as I could; and desired the leg of a pullet. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 One poor, little wayward pullet wandered into our neighbor's garden. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls I peen tickled to death—mit a pullet. Frank Merriwell's Chums Old Ned died under the burden of his many years, and a sort of murrain among the fowl cut off several promising pullets in the heyday of their youth. Strangers at Lisconnel She was shrieking insanely, but he led her into the house and there remained while most of the pullets were decapitated swiftly and thrown aside, to be later carried to the field kitchens. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Dat February de Yankees got here, she done save up 'bout fifty pullets dat was ready to lay in March. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 He shot at our little runaway pullet, and the poor thing came home dragging a broken and useless leg. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls A flock of enormous white pullets were roosting in the yard. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War I'm a Colored Methodist, I am, and if I do say it, I knows how to shake a young pullet in the skillet fer a preacher's taste, black or white. The Heart's Kingdom It was to recompense her for the pullets, over whose untimely fate she was still moaning. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Then they tie two pullets together and hang them on de saddle pommel, one on each side of de hosses neck. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 "Don't be so sad, boy, If she did treat thee rough, The world is like a hen-roost, Has pullets quite enough." A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters For all spiritual purposes, that is, for all satisfactions, the ideal hen is the pullet—the Buff Plymouth Rock pullet. The Hills of Hingham Can I not hatch these eggs, can I not raise a brood of little pullets who shall lay eggs for themselves and me? In Macao We saw the old woman torn from her home—and from her pullets—just now. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier My grandmother say de Yankees come to her house and take everything, but she say one little pullet run out in de weeds and hide and de soldiers couldn't find her. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Let us suppose that all wines are excellent, will you have less desire to drink? if the partridges, pheasants, pullets are common at all times, will you have less appetite? Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary My pullets are not yet laying, having had a very late start last spring. The Hills of Hingham Again I tried; this time with more success and brought from the eggs six little, fluffy pullets. In Macao She arrived at our house with only two pullets. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier She say dat pullet lay and hatch and dat how dey got start off again. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 There lay a fine pullet stone dead; just beyond lay the fox, dead too. Ways of Wood Folk This should be offset in a measure by the eggs normally laid by well-fed and tended pullets. If You're Going to Live in the Country No chickens are raised on the farm; the pullets are bought of a neighbor who keeps the Buff Cochins. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside "How about the forty francs she was given in lieu of the pullets?" Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Plymouth Rock pullets are not always early layers, for they often grow for ten or twelve months before laying, though some say as early as six months after being hatched. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside "Well, of all things," said the fox-hunter, open-mouthed, "if he hasn't gone and climbed the roost after that pullet, and then tumbled down and broken his own neck!" Ways of Wood Folk Thorny shelled oysters; larks; a hen pullet with asparagus; stewed oysters and mussels; white and black sea-tulips. The Wonders of Pompeii "I went out to the henhouse, and there he was crouching down in a corner, and looking as if he intended to have his choice of my fat pullets." Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour "As far as the pullets go, Henriette, I believe they are a small loss to Aunt Abelard." Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier The best plan the keep Plymouth Rocks is to get the pullets hatched as early as possible. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Highly elated with this unusual beginning of his hunt, he picked up the fox and the pullet and laid them down together on the box outside, while he fed his chickens. Ways of Wood Folk Shooting at a pullet, without any design to take it away, is manslaughter; and with a design to take it away, is murder. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The lower record of January was caused by some pullets moulting. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry There was only one place in the neighborhood where he could get a pullet. The Tale of Solomon Owl Says they are mostly early pullets, have a fairly comfortable poultry house, all the grain they will eat twice a day, and plenty of fresh water at all times. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside When he came out, a minute later, there was the box and a feather or two, but no fox and no pullet. Ways of Wood Folk The hens laid few eggs in October and November, though they resumed work in December; but the pullets did themselves proud. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Get the early-hatched pullets into winter quarters by late September or early October before they begin to lay. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry I don't know what Aunt Polly Woodchuck would say if she knew that I didn't follow her advice to-night and eat a pullet for my supper.... The Tale of Solomon Owl When it is enough, let the broth run clear from the Barley and pullet, and beat the Almonds with the broth, and strain them from it. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened The birds were healthy pullets to begin with, they had warm food and warm drinking water throughout the winter, their coop was a bright, clean, dry place with an outside scratching shed. Outdoor Sports and Games There were now on hand more than 1300 pullets and hens, and I instructed Sam to run his incubator overtime that season, so as to fill our houses by autumn. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm And, as production will not commence until the layers are fully matured, the pullets must be hatched early to give ample time for them to make the needed growth. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry “Maybe I can get my pullet after all!” The Tale of Solomon Owl There are geese, and turkeys, and pullets enough about the yard, and I am bent on accomplishing myself in the art of carving them. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three If we have good luck we may hatch every egg in a setting and ten of them may be pullets. Outdoor Sports and Games "Of these fifty, can we count on twenty-five pullets?" The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm During the summer months the pullets have had plenty of fresh air. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Solomon Owl was too wary to go for his fat pullet just then. The Tale of Solomon Owl I’ve known two puppies thrown in under this window that did not weigh more than a fat pullet apiece. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France We can safely count on hatching eight chicks from a setting, of which four may be pullets. Outdoor Sports and Games You think we might, by good luck, raise twenty-five pullets from each hundred eggs. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm As a rule, it takes about seven months to mature pullets of the general purpose breeds and six months for the egg breeds. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry “And I, for one, am not going near the pullets to-night.” The Tale of Solomon Owl She stroked the red head lovingly as it leant against the motherly bosom upon which had so often rested errant lambs and stricken pullets. The Hawk of Egypt Therefore we must allow fifteen eggs for each four pullets we intend to keep the next year. Outdoor Sports and Games "I think you put that pretty low, sir; we ought to raise more than four hundred pullets out of four thousand eggs." The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Give the growing pullets as much space, indoors and out, as you possibly can. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry He was in fine feather, so to speak, because he was hoping to have a fat pullet for his supper. The Tale of Solomon Owl She won first prize on hen, first and second on pullet, and fourth on cockerel. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Mix'd brown and blue each visage grew, Just like a pullet's gizzard; Meanwhile the captain's wandering wit, From tacking like an izzard, Bore down in this plain course at last, "It's Michael Scott—the Wizard!" The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood In October the pullets began laying in desultory fashion, and by November they had settled down to business; and that quarter they gave me 703 dozen eggs to sell. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Now didn't I tell him I had no hens or pullets, and how then can I have eggs? Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories But now that you speak of it, it reminds me that Farmer Green's saving a pullet for me. The Tale of Solomon Owl Even in zero weather and at times when feed is most costly, her spring pullets more than pay their way. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Masters Morris and Miller, the two cooks who contrived it, as well as the labourers for the ranges, for the pastries, for the boiled meats, and for the pullets, performed their respective parts to admiration. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest After the first year I kept no tabs on the chickens hatched; my desire was to add each year 600 pullets to my flock, and after the third season to dispose of as many hens. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm "Well, then, roast us a pullet, if it be tender." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The hen that was shot was of a speckled colour, and of the same shape, though not quite so large, as a full-grown pullet of this country. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In order to test its supposed poisonous property, he caused a young one to bite a pullet under the wing. Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 The boiling and roasting of poults and pullets, and the construction of comfits and confections, we consign to everlasting oblivion. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 At that rate the two thousand eggs that cost $200 will give me two hundred pullets to begin the egg-making next November. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Being 'tenderly brought up,' they are, of course, very tame, particularly a little brown pullet, that lays an egg in the cellar every morning. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Our seamen lived several days on young shags and penguins, of which they found the former extremely palateable, comparing them to young pullets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Mother: It is going astray on me what sort of egg best suits him, a pullet's egg or the egg of a duck. Three Wonder Plays Nay," returned the rogue, sharply, "a pullet in the pen is worth a hundred in the fen. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 I'll spend as much more on eggs to be hatched by the middle of April or the first of May, and then we can reasonably expect to go into next winter with four hundred pullets. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The two fowls in that dish are not a pair of vulgar pullets, but succulent grouse. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Faith," said I, "it smacks to me of the invitation of the hungry fox to the plump pullet! For The Admiral The first was wild game for the delicate,—bantam larks, curlews, quails, and flying weazels; with a slight sprinkling of pilaus,—capons, pullets, plovers, and garnished with petrels' eggs. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The first egg laid by a pullet is usually secured by the shepherd, in order to present to his sweetheart,—the luckiest gift, it is believed, he can give her. Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850 Of course, he should have known better than to have visited the henhouse a second time after killing three of the best pullets there. Happy Jack The logical reason that pipe brooder houses have found use in the winter chicken business and not in rearing pullets is that of season and profits. The Dollar Hen Though my appetite was quite gone, I resolved to force down as much as I could, and desired the leg of a pullet. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer She is busy too; it is the day on which the chicken-rent is due--a fat pullet and five eggs in all. Medieval People I cannot forget one passage that behappened me heir: bechance to supper I demanded give he could give me a pullet, he promises me it. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 "He killed my pullets, and he is always hunting the harmless little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows, so he deserves to be killed," thought Farmer Brown's boy. Happy Jack All pullets save a few culls should be saved for laying. The Dollar Hen Of course, he's a widower like myself, but you're no spring pullet—you wouldn't class among the buds—besides Sim branded eleven hundred calves last year. A Texas Matchmaker Hens and pullets, overcome by vertigo, squawked and pecked frantically at one another. Romance of the Rabbit I'm too old a girl," said The Rebel, angrily, to Forrest, "to allow a pullet like you to teach me this game. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days One morning, when he went to feed the biddies, he found that Shadow had visited the henhouse in the night and killed three of his best pullets. Happy Jack During July or about the first of August, after all cockerels have been sold, the gates are opened and the pullets are allowed to associate with the hens. The Dollar Hen Full of unutterable suspicion, Hans one day followed in the rear of an exciting race between the timorous dame and an avenging pullet. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull One young bird only was in each nest: it was of the size of a small pullet, but at that time covered with a beautifully white down. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 But the loss of the pullet brought with it a still further depression, and Jimmy forgot all about his impersonation of the "Bald Eagle." The Court of Boyville If I remember rightly it cost rather more than the pullets. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 Second: Poultry carcasses consisting of hens and young male birds that are sold from the general farms where the pullets are kept for egg production. The Dollar Hen Eggs laid before or after this season, or the first eggs laid by a pullet, should never be set. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro He wrote: I shall ne'er prevail To make our men of taste a pullet choose, And the gay peacock with its train refuse. Adopting an Abandoned Farm At breakfast—half a sheep, a quarter of lamb, ten pullets, twelve chickens, three quarts of brandy, six quarts of mulled wine, seven dozen of eggs, with salad in proportion. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 Soon a second pullet went down with a considerably swollen face. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 A cold, wet spring will increase the mortality of chicks and cause a decreased egg yield the following season, due to a scarcity of pullets. The Dollar Hen So far as I can gather, the pullets came into Hickleybrow about three o'clock in the afternoon. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Two pullets I had slain, And a prime pig: and broached my Biblian wine; 'Twas four years old, but fragrant as when new. Theocritus, translated into English Verse One fine Sunday Captain Peek Stalked along the lower deck, Pausing now and then to stare, Poking here and scratching there, Like a pullet in her prime Clucking softly all the time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 We thought it best so, and gave him a couple of "laying pullets" for his trouble. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 A still better scheme of selecting layers is the practice of picking out the thrifty, quickly maturing pullets when they first begin to lay in the fall season. The Dollar Hen You know that swinging stride of the emancipated athletic latter-day pullet! The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth I could pull you limb from limb like a pullet. The White Company The average American would grow sick at the stomach if required to slaughter a pullet with which to regale the palate of his favorite preacher. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 We bought them as laying pullets, and they didn't lay for quite a time—so far as we knew. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 The tests of pullets hatched from hens are better signs of the hen's value as a breeder than is her own record. The Dollar Hen The second pullet ran in neatly, got possession of the child by a well-directed peck, and went over the wall into the vicarage garden. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth It is most like a plucked pullet which has died of the spotted fever. The White Company There is no mistaking him for a pullet. The Magic Egg and Other Stories He said that kitchen scraps were "no good for laying pullets." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 For illustration Round eggs were supposed to hatch pullets and long ones cockerels. The Dollar Hen Why I'm so happy when I set here and con-tem'-plate you, I want to cackle like a pullet announcin' her first egg. The Harvester "There is a goodly hostel near the west gate, which is famed for the stewing of spiced pullets," remarked Sir Oliver. The White Company A snake got into your hen-run yesterday morning and killed six out of seven pullets, first mesmerising them with its eyes and then biting them as they stood helpless. Beasts and Super-Beasts "Have you?" said the old man, who seemed more interested in the untimely death of the pullet than in his nephew's adventures. Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton The stock used was Barred Plymouth Rock pullets. The Dollar Hen Do you think, you drunken wag, It was any thing to brag, To be cornered in my hen-roost, with two pullets in a bag? Farm Ballads She pulled out the hay from under the very noses of the astonished cows, to see if, perchance, some inexperienced pullet might there have deposited her golden treasure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 “I had six pullets out of a pen of seven killed by a snake yesterday afternoon,” said Blenkinthrope, in a voice which he hardly recognised as his own. Beasts and Super-Beasts First prize Silver Duckling, hen Silver Duckling, pullet. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission These pullets were a very uniform Barred Rock stock that had been bred as an individual strain for many years. The Dollar Hen Pencroff determined to capture one of these birds, for they were as big as hens, and their meat as delicious as a pullet. The Mysterious Island Yes, sir; to be frank at once, it is gone; gone to a pullet, a steak, and a potatoe. Satanstoe “The interesting part of it is about the seventh pullet, the one that didn’t get killed,” resumed Blenkinthrope, slowly lighting a cigarette. Beasts and Super-Beasts One dozen eggs a month or one pullet every two months. The Man in Gray Keep all the pullets and a half dozen of the best cockerels. The Dollar Hen It made us both wish we were dead; and the sacrifice of that one pullet was quite enough for me. Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance In that, said Gymnast, he doth not resemble the foxes; for of the capons, hens, and pullets which they carry away they never eat the white. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 And as they entered with the pullet, Chicot cut off a leg and thigh, which Gorenflot soon despatched. Chicot the Jester It had grieved me to the heart to hear him shame this noble woman so, bargaining for her honour as lightly as a marketing housewife chaffers for a pullet. The Yeoman Adventurer The next spring pen these pullets up with the best cockerels, and use none but eggs from this pen for hatching. The Dollar Hen Another to buy pork, and lamb, and pullets. The Captiva and the Mostellaria The fox, thus having Ajax play'd, Bore off the nicest of the brood,-- As many pullets as he could,-- And left the rest, all prostrate laid. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Break into each tomato a pullet's egg, sprinkle with pepper and salt. The Belgian Cookbook But I could no more offer him the cold ham and pullet than take him by his beard and shake him. Erema — My Father's Sin When you pick the good cockerels pick out all runty looking pullets and cut off the last joint of the hind toe. The Dollar Hen These they would willingly have ransomed at any price, but their enemies would not release them except on the payment of two white pullets for each warrior. Venetian Life The pullets of Bresse, you must know, have a European reputation. The Companions of Jehu Beat lightly the yolks of three eggs, beating in a lump of fresh butter the size of a pullet's egg; add powdered sugar and the whites of the eggs well beaten. The Belgian Cookbook Ross handed the pullet to the house-boy, fearing that he had done something very much out of character, then pulled the reluctant negro toward to the steps. The Best American Humorous Short Stories This system of picking the best cockerel from each brood and discarding the poorest pullets is the most practical method known of building up a vigorous, quick growing and early laying strain. The Dollar Hen The sergeant has acquired, from unknown sources, a brace of small, skinny, fresh-killed pullets; eight fresh eggs; a big loaf of the soggy rye bread of the field mess; and wine unlimited. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front In default of pullets, I can show you one thing, the square where they executed those who ate them. The Companions of Jehu They ran about the mud on the edge of the grass, especially in the morning, looking like half-grown pullets. A Florida Sketch-Book Our pullets will be whistling soon like blackbirds! Chantecler Play in Four Acts Not only is money lost in the decrease in price that can be obtained for these cockerels, but the pullets are greatly annoyed, to the detriment of the egg yield. The Dollar Hen The omelet was a very small omelet, and two skinny pullets do not go far among nine hungry men; still, we have dined. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Ten years ago I should have taken you to the farms where they fatten pullets. The Companions of Jehu Once she came over to our house with a basket, from one end of which were thrust the sturdy red legs of a pullet. Adventures in Friendship But if I had only wounded him he would have torn me into bits like an over-boiled pullet, so perhaps it is as well as it is.' Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire By the time the young pullets are ready to be moved into quarters—the latter part of August—these hens should be reduced to about one-half the original number. The Dollar Hen "Alas, monsieur, there was a time when I might have answered, 'What you wish!' but now it is all that we can do to find a bottle of new claret and a cold pullet." The Green Flag You earned the reputation of being an aristocrat if you ate a pullet, and you know the fraternal refrain: 'Ah, �a ira, �a ira—the aristocrats to the lantern!' The Companions of Jehu The unexpected drain had reduced his savings to a pittance, but were not the pullets which he could raise absolutely without number? The Boss of Little Arcady There are two species, and both about and a little larger than the ordinary pullet. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. This system of culling will leave the best portion of the yearling hens, which, together with the early-hatched pullets, will make a profitable flock of layers. The Dollar Hen At breakfast he tempted her with a freshly killed young pullet. Lady into Fox Till they are four months old, the term chicken is applied to the young female; after that age they are called pullets, till they begin to lay, when they are called hens. The Book of Household Management While at Paris she had a severe illness, and the learned doctors of the city brought her to death's door by draining her of "forty-eight pullets" of blood. Excellent Women "One pullet would make him put up dot snout down." The Lost Trail Cockerels, necessarily hatched in hatching pullets for layers. The Dollar Hen Hastily seizing an axe in one hand and carrying a lighted pitch pine knot in the other, she hurried to the scene of action, and found Grimalkin feasting sumptuously on her plumpest pullet. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" POULTRY.—Capons, fowls, tame pigeons, pullets, rabbits, turkeys. The Book of Household Management The eggs of pullets, partridges, pheasants, &c., were, as George well knew, the most favourite dainties of Sophia. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Thus 'ox,' 'steer,' 'cow,' are Saxon, but 'beef' Norman; 'calf' is Saxon, but 'veal' Norman; 'sheep' is Saxon, but 'mutton' Norman: so it is severally with 'swine' and 'pork,' 'deer' and 'venison,' 'fowl' and 'pullet.' On the Study of Words Those that are to be kept for sale or use as breeding birds should be early separated from the pullets. The Dollar Hen A housewife will hear a rush of wings and cries of terror, and can only reach the door in time to see one of these robbers sailing off with the finest of her pullets. Nature's Serial Story POULTRY.—Capons, chickens, ducklings, tame and wild pigeons, pullets with eggs, turkeys, wild-fowl, though now not in full season. The Book of Household Management Sophia would have had him take the pullet back, saying, she could not eat; but George begged her to try, and particularly recommended to her the eggs, of which he said it was full. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling One hundred and ninety-nine of them you will pass with as much indifference as one hundred and ninety-nine pullets; but the two hundredth irresistibly draws you to her. Nature and Human Nature After this acquaintance ripens into friendship the hen houses are worked back into the pullet lots. The Dollar Hen They never scrapped in their lives till yesterday, when I brought a new pullet and put her in the neighbouring yard. The One Woman POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, pigeons, plovers, pullets, rabbits, turkey poults, wheatears, wild ducks. The Book of Household Management It was too tempting an offer to be refused, and I forthwith bestowed my affections on a beautiful grey pullet, whose dignified carriage and speckled exterior bespoke her high lineage. Station Amusements in New Zealand Also ten white Plymouth Rock pullets and one cockerel, also an incubator and brooder. Hidden Treasure Surplus hens are sold off or new houses inserted as the case may be until there is room for the pullets in the houses. The Dollar Hen But I can see your mouth watering now, looking at that fat young pullet over there, dreaming of the dinner hour when you expect to smash her beautiful white breast between your cannibal jaws. The One Woman POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, leverets, pigeons, pullets, rabbits. The Book of Household Management I have, said I, a lamb, six capons, a dozen of pullets, and enough to make four services of. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 When the pheasant is eaten only three days after its death, it has no peculiarity; it has not the flavor of a pullet, nor the perfume of a quail. The Physiology of Taste Each coop is worked up alongside a house and after most of the pullets have taken to the houses the coops are removed. The Dollar Hen All the pullets of Winnie's early broods therefore had been kept, and only the young cockerels eaten or sold. Driven Back to Eden POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, leverets, pullets, rabbits. The Book of Household Management Say! in the middle of that deadliness and compared to Jonadab and me, he looked like a bird of Paradise in a coop of moulting pullets. Cape Cod Stories A pheasant eaten only a week after its death is not good as a partridge or a pullet, for its merit consists in its aroma. The Physiology of Taste We expect to raise enough pullets to make up for the accidental losses, and to renew bulk of the flock each year. The Dollar Hen To get eggs in winter the pullets must come from the same conditions. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, leverets, plovers, pullets, rabbits, turkey poults, wheatears. The Book of Household Management Then came a dapper pullet, with a doll's hat on her unwilling head, &c., &c. Magnum Bonum Expressing his entire satisfaction with the appearance of Mrs. Trotbridge's poultry, the major fastened his keen eyes upon six fine black feet pullets, the possession of which he at once began to covet. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter The pullets stay in these same houses in the same field until the moulting season of the third year, or until they are two and a half years old. The Dollar Hen The pullets must be depended upon for that season and the hens kept properly will drop in some time in January. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered POULTRY.—Chickens, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeons, wild ducks. The Book of Household Management In it he melted lead for bullets, 355 To shoot at foes, and sometimes pullets, To whom he bore so fell a grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t' any such. Hudibras Pretends he's been all over creation, but the truth is he lives down here by the lighthouse and is poorer than the last pullet in Job's coop. Galusha the Magnificent A little girl on the ferry sitting with her mother takes from her small prim bag a set of doll clothes, and fondles them and smoothes them much like a pullet with her first chickens. Vignettes of San Francisco As an experiment, we once raised six pullets. Three Acres and Liberty POULTRY.—Chickens, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeons, wild duck. The Book of Household Management "Chickens" stammered out a denial, when the Major, making a sudden grab at the front of his blouse, tore it open, and out fell two plump pullets. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom One of his fowls was a large capon pheasant, as fat as a pullet. The Journal to Stella Then the priest asked the lecturer to go on, and the lady explained that to get hens to lay about Christmas time, when eggs fetched the best price, you must bring on your pullets early. The Untilled Field He laughed them down, or wrung their necks like so many pullets. Australia Felix POULTRY.—Chickens, ducks, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys. The Book of Household Management The reply tickled the veteran so much that he let "Chickens" pass, and the next morning there was one officer at the post who had stewed pullet for breakfast. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Louis willingly accepted their invitation; and Joseph went to the cellar after the wine, while Toinette ran to catch her fattest pullet. File No. 113 These here pullet spasms over the hatching of the first brood ain't in no way unusual. The Road to Providence However, as course followed course, the King observed with some surprise, that, though the dishes were diverse, yet they were all but variations of one and the same fare, to wit, the pullet. The Decameron, Volume I POULTRY.—Capons, chickens, ducklings, tame and wild pigeons, pullets with eggs, turkeys, wild-fowl, though now not in full season. The Book of Household Management They were not larger than so many pullets, although at first sight they appeared to be so from the length of their necks and legs. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Picotee flounced away from him in indignation, backing into a corner with ruffled feathers, like a pullet trying to appear a hen. The Hand of Ethelberta Them little Hoosier pullets have already sprouted tail feathers. The Road to Providence The significance of the banquet of pullets was made manifest to the King by these words, as also the virtue which they veiled. The Decameron, Volume I POULTRY.—Capons, chickens, fowls, geese, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeons, wild ducks. The Book of Household Management She made me sit and seating herself by my side, signed to her slave-girls who set before us a tray covered with dishes of various kinds of meats, pullets and quails and sand-grouse and pigeons. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 I discoursed to her in the very courtliest fashion of cows and pullets and such other matters as interesting to her as they were mysterious to me. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes See there!" exclaimed Captain Eri delightedly, pointing to the suffering pullet, "what did I tell you? Cap'n Eri “I tell you, I do not care for pullets—I will have ortolans.” The Little Duke Why, man, it is but two days since His Majesty had a poor devil hanged at Kendal for laying violent hands upon a pullet. The Tavern Knight Why it was as if I had been given a thin-shelled pullet's egg to carry on my palm from Equatorial Africa to Hoboken. The Good Soldier I had shot a pullet the day before, which necessity obliged us to eat raw. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 It was whispered, in fact, that Bilson stood in awe of her as he never had of his wife, and that he was "henpecked in his own farmyard by a strange pullet." From Sand Hill to Pine Bill Foster, the life saver, told me that somebody busted into the station henhouse one night a week ago and got away with four of their likeliest pullets. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights I'll have to catch a dozen or so young pullets and roosters and coop them up to fatten. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! A pullet run over us once—yes, I mean just that. The Depot Master Wherefore the trooper complacently buttoned the compliment over his chest with the pullets. Thankful Blossom If I can trust my old fox-nose, we are going to have a nicely flavoured pullet for dinner. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard And when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth.'—TRAVELS, p. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since As I was sitting under the trees waiting for Phœbe to finish some shopping in the village, a travelling poultry-dealer came along and offered to sell me a silver Wyandotte pullet and cockerel. The Diary of a Goose Girl In experimenting on pigeons and pullets with his electrical machine, Franklin found that a fowl, when not killed outright, was sometimes rendered blind. A History of Science — Volume 2 These chickens"—she held up a pair of pullets—"the commander-in-chief himself could not buy: I kept them for MY commander! Thankful Blossom Capons have small combs and gills, and look pallid about the head, like pullets; they also walk without any parade, and hover chickens like hens. The Natural History of Selborne It's hard set you'll be that time, I'm telling you, to fill the depth of your belly the long days of Lent; for we wouldn't leave a laying pullet in your yard at all. The Tinker's Wedding In a moment out creeps the obstinate little beast of a black pullet from the opposite clump. The Diary of a Goose Girl Pencroft determined to get hold of at least one of these gallinaceae, which were as large as a fowl, and whose flesh is better than that of a pullet. The Mysterious Island And I brought you a little laying pullet — boiled and all she is — was crushed at the fall of night by the curate's car. The Playboy of the Western World When a pullet is ready to lay she intimates the event by a joyous and easy soft note. The Natural History of Selborne What a dainty feast the sweet, tender flesh of those plump little pullets, Isabelle and Serafina, would have been for them, to say nothing of the tougher stuff the rest of us are made of. Captain Fracasse First, she rooted among a heap of litter; then, in passing, she ate up a young pullet; lastly, she proceeded carelessly to munch some pieces of melon rind. Dead Souls After the third course the entrees had made their appearance; they consisted of pullets a la marechale, fillets of sole with shallot sauce and escalopes of Strasbourg pate. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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