Broody
"Broody" is a term for breeding females that have a heftier look. It's all about the combination of a bold rib and a deep body. When you hear "broody", it's not about a deep-bodied but flat-ribbed female, or a bold-bodied but shallow one. Instead, it's a female that's got both these features.
Broody females also tend to be wide-made and naturally thick. So, if a female is described as broody, it means she's got a sturdy, substantial look that often suggests good breeding potential.
Broody females also tend to be wide-made and naturally thick. So, if a female is described as broody, it means she's got a sturdy, substantial look that often suggests good breeding potential.
Questions that use this term.
Which heifer is broody, high-performing, and thick, but also a bit more open in her shoulder and weaker in her topline?
Who is a big centered, broody gilt that could be stronger on her front pasterns?
Which heifer is broody, thick-made and powerful, but is also a bit more open in her shoulder and shallower-hearted?
I am a bold bodied, easy keeping, wide constructed ewe that's incredibly broody, but my maturity pattern becomes an issue, because I am also the heaviest conditioned and shortest cannoned. Who am I?
Species Distribution of Term
Distribution of the types of classes in our database this term is used in.