Question

Young chickens raised specifically for meat are called

• A. Hens
• B. Pullets
• C. Cockerels
• D. Broilers

Answer 1

The correct option is D Broilers

Chicken
The chicken $\left(Gallusgallusdomesticus\right)$ is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl kept for its eggs or meat.

Broilers
Chickens raised specifically for meat are called broilers. The term ‘broiler’ is mostly used for a young chicken of 6 to 10 weeks. They are kept on a high protein diet for lustrous skin and heavy weight.

Cockerels
Cockerels are young domestic cocks of less than one year.

Pullets
Pullets are young hens of less than one year.


Hens
Hens are the natural female breeds of the chicken.

Hence correct option is (a).