That all depends on what breed they are and where you are located, as well as what kind of calves your local markets are demanding. If they are Angus cows they can be cross bred to a Brahman, Hereford or Shorthorn bull. If they are Charolais cows, they can be bred to a Red Angus, Angus, Hereford, Simmental, Shorthorn, Limousin, Brahman or Santa Gertrudis bull.
Yes....Short bred and long bred cows are two types. Other two types are dry bred cows and 3-in-1's.
bred (As in you have bred the cattle)
Short bred cows or heifers are females that are in early gestation or pregnancy, mostly in their first trimester.
No. When bred, cows or heifers will begin to develop an udder during the last stages of pregnancy.
Dairy cows are bred to produce vast quantities of milk. They are also bred to be quite docile around humans.
The majority (at least 60 to 70% ) of all cows in North America get bred between summer and fall. The rest of the cows get bred winter or spring, or any other time a bull or a producer wants to catch them to calve.
This is an impossible number to obtain, because cows get bred and calve out every day in the US. One day there may be 4 million cows that are bred, the next there may be only 200,000 that get bred. And each year that a statistics is taken of how many cows get bred in the US, each year it will be very different from the next.
If bred, milk and baby calves.
Yes. In a cow-calf operation, cows always have to get bred 2 months after they've calved, which means that they are still suckling a calf when they get bred and subsequently get pregnant.
Yes, possibly.
They are not. Cattle (cows and heifers) are bred either via artificial insemination, or natural breeding.
That's really up to you.