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I have heard this phrase, used in a farming context:
I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-comb pullets.
What does "pink-comb pullets" mean?
I know that a pullet is a young chicken, but what does "pink-comb" mean?
Pink-comb pullet: is the young chicken, especially one that is less than one year old.
Obviously Pink-comb is the soft, red piece of flesh on the head of a male chicken.
