noun
- a young domestic fowl, especially a young turkey, chicken, or other bird raised for food
Examples
- The farmer carefully monitored the turkey poults in the brooder.
- Each poult requires special attention during its first few weeks of life.
- The hatchery delivered fifty healthy poults to the farm.
- Young poults need a warm environment to survive.
- The poults grew rapidly on their high-protein diet.
- She counted the poults twice to make sure none had wandered off.