A calf is a heifer calf if it's female, a bull calf if it's male.
A young male bull is called a bull calf but once they get casterated ( there balls cut out) they then are called steers. A young female cow is called a heifer.
A cow that has NEVER had a calf in her lifetime is called a Heifer. A cow that has not had a calf YET is a heavily pregnant or heavy-bred, or a short-bred or long-bred cow. A cow that has not had a calf during a calving season is called a barren cow, an open cow, a cystic cow, a cull cow, a meat/slaughter cow, a poor cow, a free-loader, etc.
its a called a heifer
A heifer is the usual name for a young female bovine who hasn't had a calf. A heifer becomes a cow when it has had a calf.
When she is a baby she will be called a heifer calf, at a year old-Yearling heifer, once she has her first calf-First time heifer, then finally after the second offspring is born she is a cow.
Before its born its a fetus.
Not quite. Female "baby dairy cows" are called heifer calves; "baby cows" are called calves--singular is calf. A heifer is actually a female bovine that has been weaned but has never given birth to a calf. She is called a first-calf heifer (or cow, depending on how you look at it) when she does.
The young female of a cow is called a heifer. A heifer is a female bovine that has not yet given birth to a calf.
A bred cow or a pregnant cow, or, in the dairy industry, just a cow. In sale barns, if she has a calf at side, she is also referred to as a 3-in-1 or a three-fer or suckling bred cow. If she's lactating, like in a beef or dairy herd, then she's called a nursing bred cow, lactating bred cow or bred lactating/milking dairy cow. If she's not nursing or lactating, she's called a dry bred cow non-lactating pregnant cow if you really want to get technical. In the dairy industry, a lactating heifer that has already had her first calf is referred to as a first-calf heifer; once she has a second calf she is generally referred to as a cow. In the beef industry, a heifer that is pregnant with her first calf is called a bred heifer.
The generic name for a young cow is a heifer. If she is a first-calver, then she would be called a first-calf heifer, usually, though some people refer a "first-calf heifer" to a heifer whose dam was a young cow that has calved for the first time.
A female cow is called a "cow" - if it has not given birth it can be called a "heifer". Perhaps you were thinking of a "cow" called 'Daisey'.
A steer or bull cow is a male cow. The female cow is usually called a heifer. A dairy cow is sometimes called a milker.