Terminology
A baby pig
What is a piglet
The left ear shows ____ when the pig is looking AT you.
What is litter number
Red in color and droopy ears
What is a duroc
Swine Breed known as the mother breed
What is yorkshire
The permanent way to identify pigs
What is ear notching?
A castrated male
What is a barrow?
The right ear shows _____ when the pig is looking AT you.
What is individual pig number?
50/50 black and white with droopy ears
What is a spot?
young female that has NOT farrowed
a non-castrated male
what is a boar
A mature female that has farrowed
what is a sow
What is 2?
All white with erect ears
What is a yorkshire
What is the gestation period of a sow?
What is 114 days (3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days)
What is hampshire
Removing piglets from the sow
What is weaning?
The tip of the ear is represented by this number
What is 81
Droopy ears, black with 6 white points
What is poland china
The act of giving birth
What is farrowing
On the left ear, a pig has 2 notches in quadrant one and 2 notch in quad two.
On the right ear, a pig has 2 notch in quad one, 2 notch in quad 3 and 1 notch in quad 4
Read the notches
What is 8-47?
A group of pigs
On the left ear, a pig has 2 notches in quadrant one and 1 notch in quad two.
On the right ear, a pig has 1 notch in quad four and 1 notch at the very tip.
Read the notches
What is 5-108?
Longer bodied and big ears, all white with droopy ears
What is landrace?
On the left ear, a pig has 2 notches in quadrant two
On the right ear, a pig has 2 notch in quad three and 1 notch in quad two
Read the notches
What is 6-21?
swine breed known for high meat quality, has erect ears, is black with 6 white points
What is berkshire