Farm animals are a fun topic for riddles! Riddles encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills. Here are 97 challenging riddles about common farm animals like cows, chickens, pigs, horses, sheep and more. How many can you get right?
Cows
Cows are one of the most common farm animals. Here are some brain teasing cow riddles:
Riddle 1
What do you call a cow that eats your grass? A lawn moo-er!
Riddle 2
Why do cows wear bells? Because their horns don’t work!
Riddle 3
What do you call a sleeping cow? A bull-dozer!
Riddle 4
Where do cows go for entertainment? To the moo-vies!
Riddle 5
Why don’t cows ever have any money? Because farmers milk them dry!
Riddle 6
How does a farmer count a herd of cows? With a cow-culator!
Riddle 7
What do you call a cow that can cut grass? A lawn moo-er!
Riddle 8
Why do cow milking stools only have 3 legs? Because the cow has the udder!
Riddle 9
What do you call a grumpy cow? Moo-dy!
Riddle 10
Why are cows so calm? Nothing gets under their skin!
Chickens
Chickens are a farm favorite for their eggs and meat. Try these chicken riddles:
Riddle 11
Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide!
Riddle 12
What do you call a rooster staring at a lettuce? A chicken sees a salad!
Riddle 13
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the chick flicks!
Riddle 14
What do you call a crazy chicken? A cuckoo cluck!
Riddle 15
Why was the chicken so clean? It took a dirt bath!
Riddle 16
How do chickens stay in shape? They egg-sersize!
Riddle 17
Which side of the chicken has the most feathers? The outside!
Riddle 18
What do you get if you cross a chicken with a cement mixer? A brick-layer!
Riddle 19
Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? She wanted to lay it on the line!
Riddle 20
What do you call a chicken who counts her eggs? A mathemachicken!
Pigs
Pigs love to roll around in the mud. Try these messy pig riddles:
Riddle 21
What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop!
Riddle 22
Where do pigs go to get pampered? To the hog spa!
Riddle 23
What’s a pig’s favorite kind of art? Swine drawings!
Riddle 24
What do you call a pig with laryngitis? Disgruntled!
Riddle 25
What do you call a pig that knows karate? Pork chop!
Riddle 26
What do you call a pig who does karate? A pork chop!
Riddle 27
How do pigs communicate? With hogg calls!
Riddle 28
What’s a pig’s favorite ballet? Swine Lake!
Riddle 29
Why are pigs so good at karate? They have pork chops!
Riddle 30
What do you call a pig with three eyes? A piiig!
Horses
Majestic horses are full of horseplay. Check out these silly horse riddles:
Riddle 31
What do you call a horse that lives next door? A neigh-bor!
Riddle 32
How do horses get down stairs? One step at a time!
Riddle 33
What do you call a horse that can’t lose a race? Unbeetable!
Riddle 34
What do horses study in school? Stable management!
Riddle 35
Why did the horse eat with its mouth open? Because it had bad stable manners!
Riddle 36
What do you call a horse that lives next door? A neigh-bor!
Riddle 37
What do you call a famous horse? A cele-brity!
Riddle 38
What do you call a horse that can’t lose a race? Unbeetable!
Riddle 39
How do you make a slow horse fast? Don’t feed it!
Riddle 40
How do you lead a horse to water? With a halter!
Sheep
Fuzzy sheep are fun to shear. Try out these woolly sheep riddles:
Riddle 41
Why can’t the sheep get any sleep? She’s counting herself!
Riddle 42
How does a sheep say hello? Pleasure to meet ewe!
Riddle 43
What do you call a sheep with no head and no legs? A cloud!
Riddle 44
What do you get when you cross a sheep dog with a rose? A collie-flower!
Riddle 45
Where do sheep go on vacation? The Baa-hamas!
Riddle 46
How does a sheep say hello? Pleasure to meet ewe!
Riddle 47
What do you call a sheep covered in chocolate? A candy baa!
Riddle 48
Why can’t the sheep get any sleep? She’s counting herself!
Riddle 49
How do you make a slow sheep fast? Don’t feed it!
Riddle 50
What do you call a sheep with no legs? A cloud!
Goats
Goats love climbing and eating everything in sight. Try out these gruff goat riddles:
Riddle 51
What do you call a goat playing the guitar? A kid rocker!
Riddle 52
What do you get when you cross a goat and a detective? The goatfather!
Riddle 53
Why did the goat eat the film? He wanted a nibble of the action!
Riddle 54
How does a goat say hello? Pleasure to meat you!
Riddle 55
What do you call a goat that headbutts? A battering ram!
Riddle 56
What do you call a goat playing the guitar? A kid rocker!
Riddle 57
What do you call an awake goat? Conscious!
Riddle 58
Why do goats eat everything? They’re grazing animals!
Riddle 59
What do you call a goat that eats dynamite? A ba-a-a-omb!
Riddle 60
What do you get when you cross a goat and a detective? The goatfather!
Ducks
Ducks make fun noises as they waddle around. Try these quacking duck riddles:
Riddle 61
What do ducks watch on TV? Duckumentaries!
Riddle 62
What do you call a duck that gets all the crackers? A quackerjack!
Riddle 63
Why did the duck cross the road? To get to the quack dealer!
Riddle 64
What do you get if you cross a duck with a firecracker? A firequacker!
Riddle 65
Why don’t ducks tell jokes when they fly? Because it might quack them up!
Riddle 66
What do you call a duck that gets all the crackers? A quackerjack!
Riddle 67
What do you call a crazy duck? A quackpot!
Riddle 68
Why did the duck cross the road? To get to the quack dealer!
Riddle 69
What’s a duck’s favorite snack? Quackers!
Riddle 70
What do ducks watch on TV? Duckumentaries!
Turkeys
Funny-looking turkeys gobble and strut around the farm. Enjoy these turkey riddles:
Riddle 71
Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn’t chicken!
Riddle 72
What key won’t open any door? A turkey!
Riddle 73
What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving? The letter G!
Riddle 74
Why did the turkey play drums in the band? Because he already had the drumsticks!
Riddle 75
What’s the best dance for a turkey? The gobble!
Riddle 76
Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn’t chicken!
Riddle 77
What’s a turkey’s favorite dessert? Peach gobbler!
Riddle 78
What’s the best dance for a turkey? The gobble!
Riddle 79
Why can’t you take a turkey to church? Because they use fowl language!
Riddle 80
What key won’t open any door? A turkey!
Rabbits
Bouncy bunny rabbits love eating vegetables and playing tricks. Try these rabbit riddles:
Riddle 81
How do rabbits travel? By hareplane!
Riddle 82
What do you call a crazy rabbit? A harebrained bunny!
Riddle 83
How do rabbits keep their fur looking good? They get regular harecuts!
Riddle 84
Why was the rabbit so happy? It was having a hoppy day!
Riddle 85
What do you call a group of rabbits marching backwards? A receding hareline!
Riddle 86
How do rabbits travel? By hareplane!
Riddle 87
Where does a rabbit cook food? In a hutch oven!
Riddle 88
Why was the rabbit so happy? It was having a hoppy day!
Riddle 89
How does a rabbit throw a tantrum? It has a hopping mad fit!
Riddle 90
What do you call a crazy rabbit? A harebrained bunny!
Donkeys
Silly donkeys love to kick up their heels. Try out these funny donkey riddles:
Riddle 91
What do you call a happy donkey? A humorous ass!
Riddle 92
Why did the donkey cross the road? To get to the hee-haw part!
Riddle 93
What do you call a donkey that walks all over you? A stomp-ass!
Riddle 94
What concert costs just 45 cents? 50 Cent featuring Nickelback!
Riddle 95
What do you call a donkey with three legs? A wonky donkey!
Riddle 96
What do you call a happy donkey? A humorous ass!
Riddle 97
Why was the donkey bored at school? He found the lessons donkey dull!
Conclusion
How did you do with these farm animal riddles? Riddles are a great way to have some silly fun while challenging your thinking. Farm animals like cows, chickens, pigs, horses, sheep and more make for great riddle topics. Their quirky behaviors and funny names lead to all kinds of humorous rhymes and word play. If you enjoyed these, look around the barnyard for more amusing animals to inspire funny riddles of your own!
