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.
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).
Cow, first-calf heifer, bred heifer, heifer, heifer calf or spayed heifer. See the related question below.
A cow is a mature female bovine that has had a calf. She was a heifer before she had her first or second calf.
A springing heifer is a heifer who is within a few weeks of delivering her first calf.
No, a Heifer is a female cow before she has had her first 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.
First of all, there is no such thing as an adult calf. A calf is no longer a calf after he/she is weaned. After a calf is weaned, she would be called a heifer. If it's a male, then he would be called a steer (if he's already been castrated) or a bull (if still intact or uncastrated). A heifer becomes a cow after she has had at least two calves. When she has her first calf, she is commonly referred to as a first-calf 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.
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A calf is a heifer calf if it's female, a bull calf if it's male.
A heifer calf.
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.