Jasper bought tender young cockerels from a neighbor in the village, conveyed them home under her arm, killed them, and dressed them in various and dainty manners for Mr. Leeson's meals.
"A Very Naughty Girl"
L. T. Meade
The Wazir bade note against each man the number of chickens which pertained to him, and after two months, he took the old partlets and the cockerels, and there came to him from each man some half a score, and he left the young partlets with them.
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
Twelve cockerels, worth from $20 to $75 each, were all placed in healthy condition by use of Pratts Poultry Regulator and their quarters disinfected with Pratts Disinfectant.
"Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry"
Pratt Food Co.