Animal Terminology

A castrated male chicken:

• Rooster
• Wether
• Capon
• Lapin

An intact male goat:

• Gilt
• Billy
• Wether
• Barrow

A female swine who HAS given birth:

• Heifer
• Barrow
• Sow
• Gelding

A young/baby horse:

• Foal
• Stallion
• Kid
• Calf

A female sheep:

• Lamb
• Doe
• Gilt
• Ewe

The act of a female rabbit giving birth:

• Kindling
• Lambing
• Foaling
• Farrowing

A female swine who has NOT given birth:

• Boar
• Doe
• Gilt
• Sow

A young/baby rabbit:

• Kid
• Flock
• Kit
• Foal

The difference between a cow and a heifer is:

• A cow has been milked
• A heifer has not had a baby
• A cow has been sold
• A heifer has no horns

When a sow gives birth to a piglet:

• Kidding
• Laying
• Farrowing
• Mooring