Animal Terminology
What is the term for chickens giving birth?
Laying
What is the solid black cattle breed called?
Angus
What is the name of the ID method that uses ink and a _________ gun?
Ear tattooing
National Blue and Corn Gold
What species of livestock is the top Colorado Commodity?
Cattle and calves
What is a young male horse called?
Colt
What is the black with a white belted swine breed called?
Hampshire
What is the name of the ID method that used a hot iron or dry ice iron and only used in hair animals?
Branding
What year was the FFA established?
Ruminants
What is a mature female sheep called?
Ewe
What is the dark brown/reddish chicken breed called?
Rhode Island Red
What is the name of the ID method that is used in only species of animals and documents their litter number and number within that litter?
Ear Notching
Who is the current Berthoud FFA Reporter?
Nathan Cartwright
What does REA stand for in Meat Evaluation?
Rib Eye Area
What is the term for swine giving birth?
Farrowing
What is the tannish brown dairy cattle breed (2nd most common) called?
Jersey
What is the name of the ID method that you can read from both sides but easily falls out?
Ear Tagging
What does CDE stand for?
Career Development Event
What are the names of the two subspecies of cattle?
Bos indicus and Bos taurus
What is the term for a castrated male sheep?
Wether
What breed of goat is white bodied with a brown head?
Boar
What is does the right ear of the ear notching ID system document?
Litter Number
How many CDEs are available in Colorado
15
Yield and Quality