Did you Know?The gestation of a cow is 9.5 months.
... of a horse is 11 months.
... of a rabbit is 1 month.
... of a sheep or goat is 5 months.
... of a pig is 3.5 months.
... of a human is 9 months.
... of a cat is 1 month and a dog is 2 months.It takes 21 days for a fertilized chicken egg to hatch and 42 days for an emu egg.
Strange but true...Cows do not have front teeth on the top.
The tail of the Tunis sheep can weigh from 50 to 80 pounds.
A pig can weigh in at 1900 pounds - that is almost a ton!
Goats do not have tear ducts.
Each eye of a rabbit sees more than half a circle, together seeing in every direction.
The elk is a cousin to the hippopotamus.
Cows have 4 stomaches.
New Year's Day (after their birth) is the official birthday of every horse.
A frightened rabbit/hare can leap 15 to 20 feet in a single bound.
Pigs are smarter than most dogs.
An emu can run nearly 30 miles per hour.
Sheep's horns curl in flat loops on the sides of their heads, goats' horns grow straight up.
While an elk is a type of deer (wapiti) in North America, it is what they call a moose in Europe.
A mature bull bison (buffalo) stands about 6 1/2 feet tall.
A horses eyes are larger than any other land animals' and see things separately.
Farm-related DEFINITIONS
ANIMAL bird or mammal BABY young or offspring BALE bound block of hay or alfalfa act of compressing hay or alfalfa into a bale BIRTH the act of bringing forth offspring natural - each of its own kind, without assistance the act of coming into life - being born BOVINE a ruminant or an animal whose stomach is divided into chambers have an even number of toes on its hoofs and hollow horns cattle, bison, sheep, goats BROOD kept for breeding brooder room - room where animals are kept for breeding group of horses ? BUFFALO many various wild oxen/cattle sometimes domesticated.. India has domesticated the water buffalo the American bison called buffalo... this is really a misnomer adult male - bull adult female - cow young male - bull calf young female - heifer calf CATTLE domestic bovine animals use for dairy and beef also ox, many city people call all cattle cows edible flesh called beef or veal adult male - bull (steer castrated male) adult female - cow young male - bull calf young female - heifer calf baby - calf COUNTRY location away from urban centers (cities), rural place where farming is done COW the mature female of domestic cattle, valued for its milk the mature female/mother for other mammals such as the buffalo, elephant, moose, elk, whale, etc. DAIRY place where cattle or goats are raised for the production of milk usually associated with a farm ELK wild animal also domesticated ? adult male - bull adult female - cow young male - bull calf young female - heifer calf EMU large Australisn bird like an ostrich, yet smaller FARM place where animals and crops are raised usually in the country FARROW to give birth to a young pig or litter of piglets FERTILIZE act of ?, conception putting manure or chemicals on plants to give them nutrients to grow FLOCK group of birds/fowl or sheep FOAL the young of a horse, ass, mule or donkey (male- horse colt...female- filly) FOALING to give birth to a foal (colt or filly) FOWL name for a variety of domesticated and other birds chickens, ducks, geese, etc. GESTATION time from conception to birth of a baby how long it takes for a baby to grow enough to be born GOAT wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns and cloven hooves - many with beard adult male - buck (wether castrated male), informal billy goat adult female - doe, informal nanny goat young male or female - kid HARROW implement used to prepare the ground for planting HERD group of domestic animals i.e., cattle, sheep, goats, etc. HORSE animal with long flowing tail used for transportation adult male - gilding or stallion adult female - mare young male - horse (colt) young female - filly baby - foal or pony IMPLEMENT piece of farm machinery, pulled by a tractor, used in the planting process KIDDING to give birth to a kid or kids (baby goats) just joking ;o) KID a young goat or, occasionally, antelope LITTER group of young animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, etc. MANURE waste from animals used for fertilizer PIG any swine, and some domesticated thick skinned adult ready for market edible flesh called pork adult male - boar or stag adult female - sow young male - barrow young female - gilt young - weaner or shoat PLOW implement for turning up soil to turn up with plow plow share - blade of plow RABBIT small animal with long ears and a fluffy tail raised as pets, for fur and for meat male - buck female - doe SHEEP the domesticated sheep which has heavy wool any wide variety of bovid ruminants with horns in both sexes edible flesh called mutton or lamb adult male - buck adult female - ewe young - lamb SEEDER implement used to plant large parcels of ground THRASHER / COMBINE harvester - machine to harvest and thrash grain in one operation take grain from stock or straw TRACTOR machine used for farm work capable of pulling a variety of implements WALLOW - group of pigs