🐖 Barnyard Brains
This large farm animal is often used for riding and pulling wagons.
horse
This part of a chicken is the red piece on top of its head.
comb
This regular maintenance practice involves trimming overgrown hooves to prevent lameness.
hoof trimming
This process in livestock management involves giving animals vaccines to protect against disease.
vaccination
This body part on a cow produces milk.
udder
This farm animal has a four-chambered stomach and chews cud.
cow
This part of a chicken helps grind food because chickens do not have teeth.
gizzard
Unlike antlers, these structures are permanent and continue to grow throughout an animal’s life.
horns
This branch of science focuses on breeding, nutrition, and care of farm animals.
animal husbandry
This is the non-lactating period for a dairy cow before calving.
dry period
This term describes animals like sheep and goats that digest food through rumination.
ruminants
This bird disease once caused widespread concern in poultry industries worldwide.
avian influenza
This tough protein substance makes up both hooves and horns in many farm animals.
keratin
This term refers to a young female pig that has not yet given birth.
gilt
This structure in a chicken’s digestive system temporarily stores food before it enters the stomach.
crop
This breed of dairy cow is known for black-and-white markings and high milk production.
Holstein
The process by which hens sit on eggs to hatch chicks is called this.
brooding
This condition in livestock, often caused by poor hoof care, results in painful inflammation of the hoof.
foot rot
This gland in birds produces oil for feather maintenance.
uropygial gland
In horses, this part of the hoof absorbs shock and aids circulation.
frog
This poultry bird is scientifically known as Meleagris gallopavo.
turkey
These domesticated birds descended primarily from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia.
chickens
In cattle, this early-life procedure prevents horn growth and is typically less invasive than removing fully formed horns.
disbudding
This stomach compartment in cattle absorbs water and minerals.
omasum
This condition in cattle, caused by calcium deficiency after calving, leads to muscle weakness and collapse.
What is milk fever (hypocalcemia)