If you do score some pullets and want to bake with them, here's how they compare with other eggs. (Figures are from the USDA and are per dozen eggs.) An average recipe is based on large eggs; the pullets are usually small or peewee, so adjust accordingly.
Synonyms for Starting point: starting point (noun) terminus a quo. Other synonyms: alpha, base, basis, beginning, bound, boundary, commencement,
One of the points of synonyms is to abstract the actual location of an object so that you can change it in only one place (i.e. the synonym definition) and anywhere the synonym is used automatically gets the right location.