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Mature male
Boar
Mature female
Sow
Young male
Boar piglet
Young female
Gilt piglet
Castrated male
Barrow
Newborn
Piglet
Gestation length
3 months; 3 weeks; 3 days
Iron shot
Needed to treat anemia
Needle teeth
Sharp teeth cut at birth to prevent damage to the sow
Ear notching
Form of identification
Weaning age
6 weeks
Market age
6 months
Number of litters per year
2
Average litter size
9
Age at first farrowing
1 year
Farrowing crate
Safe place to give birth
Chester white
White with droopy ears
Hampshire
Black with white belt across shoulder; erect ears
Duroc
Red with droopy ears
Berkshire
Black with 6 white points; erect ears
Poland china
Black with 6 white points; droopy ears
FFA motto
Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve
Landrace
White with large droopy ears
