Livestock Terms

What is the term for a sheep giving birth?

• Calving

• Lambing

• Farrowing

• Foaling

What is the term for a mature male cow?

• Bull

• Heifer

• Bull Calf

• Steer

What is the term for a newborn chicken?

• Piglet

• Calf

• Foal

• Chick

What is the term for a mature female horse?

• Colt

• Filly

• Stallion

• Mare

What is the term for a young male pig?

• Boar

• Shoat

• Sow

• Barrow

What is the term for a castrated male sheep?

• Wether

• Gelding

• Capon

• Steer

What is the term for a young female sheep?

• Ram Lamb

• Ewe

• Lamb

• Ewe Lamb

What is the term for a horse giving birth?

• Farrowing

• Foaling

• Calving

• Laying

What is the term for a mature female cow?

• Bull

• Bull Calf

• Heifer

• Cow

What is the term for a castrated male pig?

• Gelding

• Capon

• Barrow

• Steer