Forage
Crops consumed in a green state by animals or those crops preserved by drying or ensiling, but it can also mean to rummage in search of food.
Friable
Material that is crumbly or easily broken with finger or hand pressure into small fragments (of litter or bedding).
Gilt
A young female pig that has not produced a litter.
Gizzard
The muscular stomach of a bird in which food is ground up.
Goggles
Device attached to a bird's beak to make it harder for them to see each other. This practice is prohibited under AGW standards.
Grinding
(needle teeth) Piglets are born with teeth known as needle teeth. Some farmers grind, file or clip these when the piglets are newborn as they believe that otherwise the piglets…
Grit
Small fragments of various substances fed to poultry, including soluble grit, to balance calcium lost by egg laying birds, and insoluble grit, such as flint, to assist the gizzard in…
Hatchery
The premises devoted to hatching eggs.
Heifer
A young female bovine animal that has not yet had a calf.
Hen
A female fowl.
