Poussin (chicken)

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A meal of roast poussin and chips in London

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A poussin held in the hand

In Commonwealth countries, poussin (pronounced Template:IPAc-en is less commonly called coquelet) is a butcher's term for a young chicken, less than 28 days old at slaughter and usually weighing but not above . It is sometimes also called spring chicken, although the term spring chicken usually refers to chickens weighing . 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.

External links

• The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair' definition of poussin and coquelet
• The British Assured Food Standards organisation's definition of poussin.

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