Animal Terminology

This term means the male cannot reproduce.

• Intact
• Castrated
• Immature
• Mature

Term for a female Horse who has given birth.

• Filly
• Foal
• Doe
• Mare

Term for when a female rabbit is giving birth.

• Foaling
• Kidding
• Farrowing
• Kindling

Term for both a male goat and sheep who are castrated.

• Billy
• Wether
• Lapin
• Gilt

An Intact male swine....

• Gelding
• Sow
• Ram
• Boar

A male chicken who is castrated:

• Capon
• Rooster
• Gelding
• Kit

What do all of these have in common? Bull, Boar, Stallion, Ram, Buck, Rooster

• They are castrated males
• They are immature females
• They are young
• They are intact males

When a female horse is foaling, she is doing what?

• Eating
• Giving birth
• Running in pasture
• Nursing her young

Which of these does NOT fit?  Hen, Filly, Sow, Cow.

• Hen
• Cow
• Filly
• Sow

This term can be used for a group of chicken or sheep:

• Herd
• Gaggle
• Flock
• Gathering