A cow is a female bovine who has had a calf. She was a calf when she was born, became no longer a calf after she was weaned. Before being put to the bull for the first time she was a heifer and became a cow after she had her first calf.
For those that like a good joke, it would be "decalfinated." For those who like the more serious term, the name would be simply a cow.
A cow-calf pair, mom and baby, Momma cow with her calf, or simply a cow with a calf.
Most producers call her a first-calf heifer, or a first-calver. Some think that heifers, after they've given birth, can then be called a cow.
A cow.
No. Only a heifer calf twinned to a bull calf will be infertile, not twin heifer calves.
A heifer becomes a cow after she has had her first calf. In other words, you can expect 0 (zero) calves from a heifer over breeding life. When she is a cow, she may have from 1 to 18 calves in her lifetime.
There is no such thing. Bull calves are male, never either male or female. Female calves are called heifer calves.
Cow, heifer, calves, buffalos
You could call it a heifer, or a twin heifer if the sibling is also a heifer, or a freemartin if the heifer's sib is a bull calf.
The masculine form of heifer is bull. All baby cows, prior to sexing are referred to as calves. A castrated bull is called a steer.
Depends on its age and sex. Older calves weigh more than younger calves; male calves weigh more than heifer calves. Average birth weight is around 60 to 80 lbs.
Whenever and after she calves, which is usually at around 24 months of age.
Young cows are typically referred to as heifers. However, if they are still nursing from their mommas, they are also called calves; more specifically heifer calves.
No. Heifer calves only have four little nipples/teats where the udder will be after they have their first calf. Heifer calves, when the do become mothers themselves, are no longer considered heifer calves, or a calf at all, but rather a cow or a first-calf heifer. Their udder typically begins to form during the last trimester of pregnancy (if a heifer does indeed get settled after reaching puberty), and will become swollen with milk once her first calf arrives, making her ready and able to give milk after giving birth.
A heifer grows into a cow that produces milk and becomes a mom to new calves which grow themselves and start to create a population. Of course she cannot do this by herself without a bull!
Bull calves are altered or castrated, at which time they are called steers. Steering a bull prevents fighting, accidental breeding with cows and heifer calves, and allows for easier management.