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Farm Animal Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Livestock | Animals kept by people for use or pleasure. |
| Bovine | Term relating to cattle |
| Caprine | Term relating to goats |
| Equine | Term relating to horses, mules, zebras, and asses. |
| Ovine | Term relating to sheep. |
| Herd | Grouping of a single species of livestock. |
| Porcine | Term relating to swine. |
| Cattle | Domesticated mammals of genus Bos. |
| Bull | Male bovine. |
| Cow | Female bovine that has had a calf. |
| Heifer | Female bovine that has not had a calf. |
| Calf | Young bovine – up to 6-10 months of age. |
| Bull calf | Male calf |
| Heifer calf | Female calf |
| Steer | Sterile male bovine under 4 years of age. |
| Ox | Sterile bull that have been trained to work and is at least 4 years of age. |
| Oxen | Plural of Ox |
| Goat | Domesticated form of Capra hircus |
| Buck | Male goat over 1 year of age. |
| Doe | Female goat over 1 year of age. |
| Kid | Baby goat of either sex. |
| Buckling | Young male goat under 1 year of age. |
| Doeling | A young female goat under than 1 year of age. |
| Flock | A group of goats. |
| Horse | Domesticated large single hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) |
| Stallion | Male horse. |
| Mare | Female horse over 4 years of age. |
| Colt | Male horse under 3 years of age |
| Male horse under 3 years of age | Female horse under 3 years of age. |
| Foal | Young horse under 1 year of age. |
| Rabbit | Mammal of family Leporidae |
| Buck | Male rabbit |
| Doe | Female rabbit |
| Kit | A baby rabbit |
| Sheep | Domesticated species Ovis aries. |
| Ewe | Female sheep that is over 1 year of age. |
| Ram | A male sheep that is over one year of age. |
| Ewe lamb | Female sheep that is under 1 year of age. |
| Flock | A group of sheep |
| Lamb | A young sheep. |
| Lambling | A newly born lamb. |
| Ram Lamb | A male sheep that is under 1 year of age. |
| Wether | A sterile male sheep. |
| Swine | Even toed ungulates of the family Suidae |
| Barrow | Sterile male swine |
| Boar | Adult male swine |
| Gilt | A female swine that has not given birth. |
| Drove | A group of swine. |
| Hog | Mature swine with above 150 lbs. |
| Pig | A young swine or an adult swine under 150 pounds. |
| Piglet | A young pig of 2 to 3 weeks of age. |
| Sow | Adult female swine |
| Poultry | Domesticated birds kept for meat or eggs, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. |
| Flock | A group of one species of poultry |
| Trio | A group of one male and two female poultry. |
| Chicken | A common domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) |
| Rooster | Male chicken over one year of age. |
| Hen | A female chicken at least 1 year of age. |
| Chick | Newly hatched or very young chicken |
| Cockerel | Male chicken less than one year of age. |
| Pullet | A female chicken less than one year of age. |
| Duck | Wild or domesticated swimming birds of family Anatidae |
| Drake | Adult male duck |
| Duck | Adult female duck. |
| Ducklings | Baby ducks |
| Young Drake | Male duck under 1 year of age. |
| Young Duck | Female duck under 1 year of age. |
| Geese | Wild or domesticated water birds of genera Answer and Branta |
| Gander | Male goose over 1 year of age. |
| Goose | Singular or geese or a female goose over 1 year of age. |
| Gosling | A young goose |
| Young gander | A male goose under 1 year of age. |
| Young goose | A female goose under 1 year of age. |
| Turkey | A large North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) |
| Hen | A female turkey. |
| Tom | A male turkey. |
| Young hen | A female turkey under 1 year of age. |
| Young tom | A male turkey under 1 year of age. |
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