Livestock Terminology

Full general Terms

Breed – a stock of animals within a species having a distinctive advent and typically having been developed by deliberate selection
Breeding animal– an animal caused to produce offspring typically in a controlled and organized way
Dam – a female parent
Flock – a group 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)
Marketplace fauna – livestock bred and raised for food consumption
Polled – a naturally hornless animal
Sire – a male parent
Litter – multiple offspring produced at one nativity past a multi-parous mammal. Also called brood

Chickens

Chick – a newly hatched or a very immature chicken
Broilers – a chicken that is six to 13 weeks of age used for meat production
Pullet – Female bird under one yr of age
Hen – Female bird over one year of age
Cockerel – Male bird under one year of age
Rooster – Male bird over i year of age
Popular Products – eggs and chicken

Cattle

Bovine – the scientific name for cattle
Dogie – a sexually young immature bovine
Heifer – a young female bovine which has not yet had a dogie
Cow – a mature female bovine
Steer – a castrated male bovine
Bull – a sexually mature male bovine
Popular Products – milk, beef and leather

Ducks

Drake – Developed male
Duck – Adult female

Geese

Gander– Developed male
Goose – Developed female person

Goats

Caprine – refers to animals in the goat family
Kid – a young goat
Wether – a castrated male person goat
Doe – (aka. nanny) a female goat
Cadet – (aka. billy) a sexually mature male goat
Popular Products – milk,* cabrito,** mohair and cashmere.
*Goats are the number ane producer of milk in the world.
** Goat meat has many dissimilar names that depend on the caprine animal's geographic location and historic period of animal.

Pigs

Swine – a refers to animals in the pig family unit
Barrow – a immature, castrated male swine
Boar – a sexually mature male swine
Gilt – a young female person grunter
Hog – a mature swine (ordinarily weighing more than than 120 pounds)
Pig – (aka. piglet) a young swine (usually weighing less than 120 lbs.)
Sow – a mature female swine

Sheep

Ovine – the scientific proper noun for sheep
Ewe – a female sheep
Lamb – a sheep less than ane year in age
Ram – a male sheep
Wether – a castrated male person sheep
Popular Products – lamb,* mutton,* hogget,* and wool

Turkeys

Poult – Young domestic turkey
Hen – Adult female
Tom – Developed male

Equus caballus

Equine – name of the family that includes horses, donkeys and zebras
Foal – an animal in the equine family, of either sex, that is one year sometime or younger
Colt – a male person equus caballus under the historic period of four
Colt – a female horse nether the age of four
Gelding – a castrated animal of the equine family
Pony – a mature horse that measures less than 14.2hands
Mare – an developed female horse
Stallion – an developed male equus caballus
Draft Equus caballus – a large horse bred for hard, heavy tasks such as ploughing and subcontract labor
Hand – a not-SI unit of measurement that equals four inches

Ass & Mule

Foal – an animal in the equine family, of either sex, that is 1 yr old or younger
Jenny – a female donkey
Jack – a male donkey
Mule – is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
Donkey – a domesticated animal of the equine family primarily used every bit a working brute

Rabbit

Kit – a young rabbit
Doe – a female rabbit
Buck – a male rabbit
Popular Products – fur and meat

Llamas

Cria – a immature llama
Dam – a female llama
Gelding – a castrated male person llama
Stud – a male llama
Popular Products – wool