Livestock Terms

Barrow - castrated male pig

Boar - intact male pig

Buck - intact male sheep or goat

Bull - intact male cattle

Calf - cattle under one year of age

Calving - a cow giving birth

Chick - a baby chicken

Cow - mature female cattle

Doe - female goat

Ewe - female sheep

Farrow - a pig giving birth (to farrow)

Gilt - female pig

Heifer - female cattle that has not yet calved

Hen - female chicken that has begun laying eggs

Kid - goat under one year of age or a goat giving birth (to kid)

Lamb - sheep under one year of age or a sheep giving birth (to lamb)

Piglet - newborn or pre-weaned pig

Pullet - an adolescent female chicken that has not started laying eggs

Ram - intact male sheep

Rooster - intact male chicken

Shear - to remove the wool from a sheep

Sow - mature female pig

Steer - castrated male cattle

Wether - castrated male sheep or goat

Veal - meat from young cattle