spring chicken

In Commonwealth countries, poussin (pronounced and sometimes, 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.

The Spring Chicken is an English musical comedy adapted by George Grossmith, Jr. from Coquin de Printemps (1897) by Jaime and Duval, with music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton and lyrics by Adrian Ross, Percy Greenbank and Grossmith, produced by George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, opening on 30 May 1905. It ran for a very successful 401 performances. The London production starred Grossmith, Harry Grattan, and Gertie Millar, with Henry Lytton later joining the cast.