What is a group of pig caLLED?

Answer 1

The collective nouns for pigs are:

• a parcel of pigs
• a herd of pigs
• a drift of pigs
• a drove of pigs

• a sounder of wild pigs

• a litter of piglets
• a farrow of piglets
• a passel of piglets

More than one pig can be called swine because the word swine can be both the singular or plural form of this alternate word for pig or pigs, e.g., "How many swine do you have in your herd?"

There are other collective nouns used for groups of animals like the above example of a "herd of swine" that relate to pigs. A collective group of pigs is called a 'drift of pigs' or a 'drove of pigs'. Similarly, the collective name for a group of:

• Swine - can be either 'drift', 'doylt', or 'trip' - e.g., "A drift of swine",
• Boars (male pigs) - is also 'herd' - e.g., "A herd of boars",
• Wild boars - is a 'sounder' - e.g., "A sounder of wild boars", or
• Hogs - is 'parcel' - e.g., "A parcel of hogs".

Additional terms for hogs and pigs:

• Male pigs are called boars,
• The females are called sows,
• The young are called piglets,
• A castrated male hog is called a barrow,and,
• Young female hogs are called gilts.

Back when I was a kid we called Hey, sooie, soooooie and repeat as necessary.

Answer 2

A group of pigs is called a herd. Another name for a group of pigs is a drove. For piglets they would be called a farrow.