poult

noun

1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

   “‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’”

   “And, besides, she [the old grouse's wife] was the mother of a family, and had seven little poults to wash and feed every day; […]”

   “After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.”