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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.

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Is a baby cow called a heifer?

A calf is a heifer calf if it's female, a bull calf if it's male.


What is cow called when it has not produced a calf?

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.


What is a baby cow called if is a male baby cow and what is it called if it is a female baby cow?

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.


What is a female baby cow that has not been born called?

Before its born its a fetus.


What is female limousin called?

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.


Where do you find a heifer?

A heifer is a young female cow.


What is the name of a virgin female cow?

its a called a heifer


What is a bovine heifer?

Bovine is another term for cow or cattle. Heifer is a cow that has had no calf yet.


What is a first calf heifer?

It's the name for a heifer that has had her first calf and is currently raising her first calf. It's also a name for a heifer that came from a heifer or cow that was that heifer or cow's first calf.


Is there a boy dairy cow?

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.


A sentence with the word heifer in it?

Like this:"The farmer had a prized heifer in the cattle shed.""The heifer was bred by the herd bull yesterday.""The cow gave birth to a heifer calf!""Those blasted heifers got out again!!"


Is a heifer a pregnant cow?

No.