A heifer is young female bovine that has never given birth to a calf.
A heifer may be considered a cow if:
Some people consider a heifer can become a cow after she gives birth to her first calf, but for many cattle producers she is merely considered a first-calf heifer, not a cow.
I believe you are referring to a replacement beef heifer used in a commercial cow-calf operation. The commercial heifer is often a cross-bred heifer of any breed or a straight-bred of one particular breed. This heifer is used in a rancher's breeding program only to produce calves that are sold to the commercial feedlot.
Just like their older counterparts, they eat, rest and chew cud, and repeat day after day. If they're young calves, they'll be doing more playing and suckling from momma than the eating and resting/chewing cud part that their momma would typically do every day.
There's no such thing as a male heifer. A heifer is female, period.
A heifer is a young female (cow) that has not been bred. It IS female.
A heifer that is pregnant.
A young cow that has not borne a calf.
The gender of a heifer is female.
A heifer that has just calved.
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.
Cow, first-calf heifer, bred heifer, heifer, heifer calf or spayed heifer. See the related question below.
An unpregnant heifer.
The gender of a heifer is female.
A springing heifer is a heifer who is within a few weeks of delivering her first calf.
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.
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!!"
That all depends on the age of the heifer. The older the heifer, the heavier she'll be.
A heifer is a young female cow.
She can also be known as a heifer calf, heifer yearling (if she is a year old), or first time heifer (if she has given birth to her first calf).
A heifer is a female cow prior to having a calf. In mythology, Io was transformed by Zeus into a heifer.
A heifer is a female bovine that has not yet had its first calf. A long bred heifer is a heifer well along in the gestation period and due to calve shortly.