Boar is the male, Sow is the female.
a female pig is called a 'sow' While an adult female pig is called a 'sow', that term is not applied until adulthood. All baby female pig is a 'gilt'.
A sow is a female pig that has mated before. While a gilt is a female that is going to be its first time mating.
Sow or gilt
isn't called a young sow, it's called a gilt.
There really is no feminine version of piglets. "Piglets" is a neutral word since it refers to female and male young pigs.
A Sow (Sss-Ow) [rhymes with cow]
A gilt is a female pig that has not given birth, a sow is a female pig that has given birth so piglets, and a boar is an intact male pig.
I have 2 gilts they were artificially insemenated they did cycle, and their stomachs dropped as if they took. They are now 14 days past due
A female hog that has had a litter of piglets is called a sow. A female that has never had piglets is called a gilt.
lactation of the nipples and heavy breathing.
If it hasnt had piglets then it is a gilt but then if it has had piglets it is a sow.