livestock glossary

breed

stock of animals within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by delliberate selection

breeding animal

an animal caused to produce offspring typically in a controlled and organized way

dam

a female parent

flock

a grouping of a species of livestock (sheep, poultry)

herd

a group of a single species of animal (cattle, horses, swine, goats)

livestock

domestic farm animals kept for productive purposes (meat, milk, work, wool)

market animal

livestock bred and raised for food consumption

polled

naturally hornless animal

sire

a male parent

litter

multipple offspring produced at one birth by a multi-parous mammal

aka brood

chick

a newly hatched or a very young chicken

broilers

a chicken that is six to 13 weeks of age used for meat production

pullet

female bird under one year of age

hen

female bird over 1 year of age

cockerel

male bird under one year of age

rooster

male bird over one y.o

bovine

scientific name for cattle

calf

a sexually immature young bovine

heifer

a young female bocine which has not yet had a calf

steer

castrated male bovine

bull

a sexually mature male bovine

drake

adult male duck

duck

adult female duck

gander

adult male goose

goose

adult female goose

caprine

refers to animals in theh goat family

kid

a young goat

wether

a castrated male goat

doe

aka nanny

a female goat

buck

aka billy

sexually mature male goat

swine

refers to animals in the pig family

barrow

a young, castrated male swine

boar

sexually mature male swine

gilt

a young female pig

hog

a mature swine

usually weighing more than 120 lbs

pig

aka piglet

young swine usually weighing less tha 120 lbs

sow

a mature female swan

ovine

the sientific name for sheep

ewe

a female sheep

lamb

sheepless than one year in age

ram

a male sheep

wether

a castrated male sheep

poult

young domestic turkey

hen

adult female turkey

tom

adult male turkey

equine

name of the family that include horses, donkeys, zebras

foal

animal in the equine family, of either sex, that is one year old or younger

colt

a male horse under the age of 4

filly

a female horse under age of 4

gelding

castrated animal of the equine family

pony

a mature male horse that measures less than 14.2 hands

mare

an adult female horse

stallion

adult male horse

draft horse

large horse for bred for hard, heavy tasks such as ploughing and farm labor

hand

a non-SI unit of measurement that equals 4 inches

kit

young rabbit

doe

a female rabbit

buck

male rabbit

jenny

female donkey

jack

male donkey

cria

a young llama

dam

female llama