Facts about goats, horses, pot belly pigs, sheep, and cows.

Facts about animals is one of the more popular posts on this blog.  I have re-done the post and have added in some new animals that The Scarecrow Forest has added since the last post.

Besty and Chloe

Goats

Female: Doe

Male: Buck

Castrated Male: Wether

Baby: Kids

Life Expectancy:  10-12 years

Facts:

• Goats have rectangular pupils - this allows them to see very well in the dark.
• Male goats will rear up on their hind legs and lunge downward to butt heads. Male sheep will run at, or charge, each other to butt heads.

               

Blue, Jack, and Mozart

Butternut.  Spud and Jenny are the parents.

 

Horses

Female: Mare

Male: Stallion

Baby: Foal

Life Expectancy:20-30 years

Facts: 

• Dogs and cats drink by lapping water with their tongues while cattle and horses make use of a sucking action.
•  Foals can run shortly after birth.

 

 

                              

 

Spud waiting to be fed.

 

Little Peter enjoying and sharing his food.

Pot Belly Pigs

Female:  Sow

Male: Boar

Baby: Piglet

Life Expectancy: 10-15 years

Facts: 

• Can be house broken.
•  Pigs have poor vision but excellent senses of smell and hearing.

 


Sheep
Female: Ewe
Male: Ram
Castrated Male: Wether
Baby: Lambs
Life Expectancy: 10-12 years
Facts:

• Domesticated sheep are raised for a number of agricultural products including fleece and meat.

• Sheep are herbivores that eat vegetation such as grass, grain, and clover (they can graze up to seven hours a day).

Cows

Female: Cow

Male: Bull

Castrated Male: Steer

Baby: Calf

Life Expectancy: Average is 15 years and they can live up to 25 years.

Facts:   

• Cows drink about a bathtub full of water.
• Cattle only have one stomach but with four compartments to help digest grasses and grains.

Lorissa