Market hog is a hog that weighs from 220-260 pounds and is 5-7 months of age when it is sent to market.This makes rendering easier and results in less loss of good meat. Lard types of pig were developed to have large deposits of fat that could be more easily butchered from the animal in large chunks.Hog is a mature swine with an adult weight above 150 pounds.Feeder pig is a young pig, most often between 40-70lbs that is produced by one farmer and sold to another for growing out to market weight.Gilt is a female swine that has not given birth.Barrow is a castrated (before sexual maturity) male swine.Swine are even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars. Wether is a castrated male sheep (or goat).Sheep is a mature ovine at least one year of age and may also refer to the ovine species.Ram lamb is a male sheep that is under 1 year of age.Ram is an intact male sheep that is at least one year of age.Lambkin or lambling is a newly born lamb.When referring to meat, lamb is meat from a sheep that is 12-14 months old or less. (The term may be used in reference to other livestock.) Ewe lamb is a female sheep under 1 year of age.Ewe is a female sheep at least 1 year of age.Sheep the domesticated species ovis aries. Warren is where owners keep their herd of rabbits as a group in a large cage or enclosure.Stewer or “mature rabbit” is a rabbit 3 months of age or older averaging 6 pounds or more.Rabbitry is where owners keep their herd of rabbits in separate cages.Fryer or “young rabbit” is a rabbit that is 2 months old and weighs 3 ¾ lbs to 4 ½ lbs.Rabbit is a mammal of the family Leporidae or the domesticated Old World species Oryctolagus cuniculus. Mare is a female horse after her 4th birthday.Foal is a young equine under 1 year of age.Filly is a female horse under 3 years of age.Colt is a male horse under 3 years of age.Horse is a domesticated large single hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) with a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail used for riding, pulling, or carrying loads. Wether is a castrated male goat (or sheep).
Doeling is a young female goat less than a year old.Doe is a female goat over 1 year of age.Buckling is a young male goat less than a year old.Buck is a male goat over 1 year of age.Goat the domesticated form of capra hircus. Ox is castrated bull that has been trained to work and is at least 4 years of age.Steer is a castrated male bovine or can be a future ox that is less than 4 years old.Heifer is a female bovine that has not had a calf.(This term may also be used for other species) Cow is a female bovine that has had a calf.This term is used from the time of birth up until about 6 to 10 months of age when the animal is weaned. Molly is an informal term for a female mule.Ĭattle domesticated mammals of the genus Bos.Mare mule is the proper term for a female mule over three years of age.Mare hinny is the proper term for a female hinny over three years of age.Mule jack is a male ass used to produce mules.Mule colts (males) and mule fillies (females) are young mules under 3 years of age.Mule is a hybrid animal that is produced when a male ass (jack) is crossed with a female horse (mare).John is an informal term for a male mule.Jennet jack a male ass used to produce donkeys.(Note – a young jennet or jenny is not referred to as a filly) These animals are properly termed asses and are not referred to as donkeys, and never called burros. Jackstock is the plural referring to American Mammoth jacks and jennets.(Note – young jacks are not referred to as colts) Horse mule is the proper term for a male mule over 3 years of age.Horse hinny is the proper term for a male hinny over three years of age.A hinny is a hybrid animal that is produced when a female ass (jennet) is crossed with a male horse (stallion).A donkey is the domesticated form of an ass.Burro is the Spanish term used for donkey (generally used west of the Mississippi).Ass is the correct term used for a donkey, burro, or jackstock.They typically have a smaller build and longer ears. There may be exceptions to the term’s usage outside of cattle, horses, asses, swine, and rabbits.Īss is a single hoofed mammal of the genus Equus, related to the horses. Herd is a grouping of a single species of livestock.
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