What is "poults"

Usage examples of "poults".

Below the stairs the cook, hovering anxiously between a couple of fat turkey poults on the spits and a dish of buttered crab, called down uncouth curses on the heads of all women.

I took care of the poults when I was in high school, and they're so dumb!

These were exceptionally alert brambles, and the sheen on their poults suggested poison.