Poussin (Chicken)

In the United Kingdom, poussin (or less common coquelet) is a butcher term for a young chicken, less than 28 days old at slaugter and usually weighing 400-450 grammes but not above 750g. It is sometimes also called spring chicken, although the term spring chicken usually refers to chickens weighing 750-900g.

In the United States, poussin is an alternative name for a small-sized cross-breed chicken called Rock Cornish game hen, developed in the late 1950s, which is twice as old and twice as large as the typical British poussin.

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* [http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/pdfs/chicken.pdf The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair' definition of poussin and coquelet]
* [http://www.redtractor.org.uk/download/rt_standards_chicken.pdf The British Assured Food Standards organisation's definition of poussin.]
* [http://www.royalfoods.co.uk/birds_poussin.htm Royal Foods definition of poussin and coquelet.]