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gang noun A herd or flock of animals or birds of the same kind in company. [DARE labels this usage “now South”]

1834 Crockett Narrative 85 I took my rifle and cut out, but hadn’t gone far, when I discovered a large gang of hogs. 1864 Wilson Confederate Private 41 (March 30) one day there was three deer all in a gang come past here & I put Link after them. 1913 Morley Carolina Mts 194 “We used to have great gangs of sheep,” the people say, “but now we have to buy all our wool, and it don’t pay to weave noway.” 1937 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) They was ten big gobblers in the gang. 1962 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) I had a big gang of children and had to school 'em. 1983 Pyle CCC 50th Anniv A:3:2 Everybody then had a gang of chickens.