noun
definition
Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).
definition
The meat from a domestic fowl.
Examples of poultry in a Sentence
Cattle and poultry are the principal classes of live stock.
Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry are reared.
Poultry, bees and silkworms are commonly kept.
The chief elements of the native diet are rice, fish and poultry; vegetables and pork are also eaten.
No wonder Justin had concocted the story about working on a poultry farm.
Modern Cheapside merges eastward into the street called the Poultry, from the poulterers' stalls " but lately departed from thence," according to Stow, at the close of the 16th century.
Cattle, sheep, swine and poultry are reared in abundance.
To this end experiments are conducted in the feeding of cattle, sheep and swine for flesh, the feeding of cows for the production of milk, and of poultry both for flesh and eggs.
In 1907-8, according to the state Department of Agriculture, the total value of all field crops (cotton, cereals, sugar-cane, hay and forage, sweet potatoes, &c.) was $11,856,340, and the total value of all farm products (including live stock, $20,817,804, poultry and products, $1,688,433, and dairy products, $1,728,642) was $46,371,320.
I thought the story about his job at the poultry farm was only a cover - some trumped up story to establish credence.
Large numbers of horses, cattle, swine and poultry are reared.
Poultry is also reared in considerable quantities.
Swine and poultry were used for food to a greater extent than oxen, which were bred chiefly for ploughing.
Large numbers of geese and poultry are kept.
In modern usage " fowl," except in " wild-fowl " or " water-fowl," is confined to domestic poultry.
It is in a region especially devoted to the growing of cotton and grain and to poultry raising, and an annual county fair is held here.
Of such " Orders " Brisson had twenty-six and he gave pigeons and poultry precedence of the birds which are plunderers and scavengers.
Like its Cape congener it occasionally partakes of honey, and is often destructive to poultry.
The first bill laid before the Estates by the government was to impose an excise tax on the principal articles of consumption, together with subsidiary taxes on cattle, poultry, &c., in return for which the abolition of all the old direct taxes was promised.
She made the long-neglected garden profitable; kept pigs and poultry; rented other gardens; stocked a fishpond; farmed in a small way; and had her house full of boarders.
In 1908 Europeans were returned as owning 32,000 horses, 220,000 horned cattle, 765,000 sheep, 68,000 goats, 25,000 pigs, 960 ostriches and 384,000 poultry.
The superior qualities of the soil, together with the usually warm and moist months of spring and summer, make Iowa one of the foremost states of the Union in agriculture and stock-raising, especially in the production of Indian corn, oats, hay and eggs, and in the raising of hogs, horses, dairy cows and poultry.
It burrows under houses, and is very destructive to plants, fruit and even poultry.
Great attention is paid to poultry farming and beekeeping, and the exports from these sources are considerable.
The soil of the township, unlike that of other parts of the county, is well adapted to agriculture, and the principal industry is the growing of vegetables and the supplying of milk and poultry for its several villages, nearly all of which are summer resorts.
Neither was there any recorded transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in pigs or poultry.
The region is, however, more especially celebrated for its table poultry.
Thirdly, the ill effect of introduced forms on existing ones may often be due rather to the spread of disease and parasites than to actual attack; thus, in Hawaii the native birds have been found suffering from a disease which attacks poultry.
Madison is an important jobbing centre for central and south-western Wisconsin; it has an extensive trade in farm, garden and dairy products, poultry and tobacco; and there are various manufactures.
Coal and raw materials for its industries are the chief imports of Eure; its exports include cattle, poultry, eggs, butter, grain and manufactured goods.
Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine and poultry were introduced, and are now sources of food and wealth to a large part of the population.
For poultry they should be used boiled, and mixed with other nourishment.
For "Bantam" fowls see Poultry.
This consists for the most part of the smaller mammals and poultry; although the association in packs enables these marauders to hunt down antelopes and sheep. When unable to obtain living prey, they feed on carrion and refuse of all kinds, and are thus useful in removing putrescent matter from the streets.
The young are often taken from the nest and reared by the people to attend upon and defend their poultry, a duty which is faithfully 1 and, owing to the spurs with which the chaka's wings are armed, successfully discharged.
Cattle do not thrive, and even poultry are scarce.
The cultivation of cereals, for example, has given way to a marked extent in nearly all the farming districts except in Aroostook county to market gardening, dairying, and egg and poultry production.
They commit extensive ravages upon sheep and poultry.
The value of all poultry raised in 1899 was $262,503; the product of eggs was 3,387,340 doz., and their value, $424,628.
A similar bad repute attaches to other species in different parts of South America; while Argas miniatus has been proved to be the carrier of the Spirochaete causing spirillosis in fowls in Rio Janeiro, and also in New South Wales whither it has been introduced with imported poultry.
This value was almost equalled by that of eggs and poultry ($14,050,727), which increased 79.7% in the same decade.
The fat-tailed sheep, goats and swine have also been naturalized, as well as all kinds of domestic poultry.
A fourth of all animal products are represented by milk, butter and cheese, eggs and poultry; the rest by animals killed on the farm or sold for slaughter, most of them going to supply the meat-packing industry of South Omaha.
Having this approval provides you with the guarantee that it comes from Poultry farms, which follow the highest standards of humane animal husbandry.
This excellent book is written by an experienced bantam and large fowl poultry breeder and show judge.
The peasants shut all their poultry up in their barns, and very liberally bestowed all their curses upon us.
In such situations, people should avoid contact with infected birds or contaminated surfaces, and should be careful when handling and cooking poultry.
Good food sources of both these nutrients include Brazil nuts, seafood, meat and poultry.
Poultry meat toughness reaches its maximum level as recently slaughtered carcasses are washed, but the meat becomes more tender as carcasses are chilled.
Thai cuisine often features fresh salad leaves, together with water chestnuts, herbs and nuts combined with spicy poultry or fish.