poussin (chicken)

{{Short description|Commonwealth butcher's term for a young chicken}}

{{Seealso|Poussin_(disambiguation)}}

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In Commonwealth countries, poussin (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|uː|s|æ|n|}} is less commonly called coquelet) is a butcher's term for a young chicken, less than 28 days old at slaughter and usually weighing {{convert|400|–|450|g}} but not above {{convert|750|g}}. It is sometimes also called spring chicken, although the term spring chicken usually refers to chickens weighing {{convert|750|–|850|g}}. The word is the French language term for the same thing. Normally a portion is a whole poussin per person.

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.