Dogs
A baby dog is called a puppy.
The average life span for a dog is around 10 to 14 years.
Gestation period is an average of 63 days. An average litter has three to six puppies.
Puppies sleep ninety percent of the day for their
first weeks
Puppies are born blind and deaf.
Cats
A baby cat is called a kitten.
Domestic cats can sprint nearly 31 miles per hour (50 km/h).
Your cat's heart beats twice as fast as yours.
The average number of litters a fertile cat can produce in one year is 3.The average number of kittens in a feline litter is 4–6.
In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can theoretically produce 420,000 cats.
The gestation period for cats runs from 60 to 67 days.
Horses
A baby horse is called a colt
A horse is pregnant for 11 months. A baby horse is called either a colt (male) or a filly (female).
Many horse live into their 20s and some live into their 30s.
When a horse is born its legs are almost their full adult length!
Most foals are born at night under cover of darkness and away from prying eyes and possible danger.
A pony is a small horse and they are considered intelligent and friendly, though sometimes they also are described as stubborn or cunning.
Ponies have a stocky body, dense bone, round shape, well-sprung ribs, a short head, large eyes, small ears, and their legs are proportionately shorter. They have strong hooves and grow a heavier hair coat, seen in a thicker mane and tail as well as a particularly heavy winter coat.
Guinea Fowl
They are native to Africa
They are farmed around the world for their meat, eggs and feathers.
They are the farm yard watch dog, sounding the alarm whenever anything unusual occurs. They can get very loud when they don't like something.
The incubation period for Guinea eggs is 26 to 28 days
They are extremely good runners and use this method, rather than flying, to escape predators
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