Characteristics of a good heifer include a level top, smooth, long muscle, and a trim middle. The heifer should also have a long, wide, loin.
No. Heifers are female, bulls are male. Heifers cannot change their sex like some other creatures can. However, heifers that were born with a twin brother and shared the same placenta with her twin brother can develop bull-like characteristics. These are called Freemartins or Hermaphrodites. Hermaphrodites are 100% sterile, and a hermaphrodite heifer is a heifer that has both male and female sexual characteristics but can not fully become a bull like REAL bulls are.
That all depends on the age of the heifer. The older the heifer, the heavier she'll be.
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.
its a called a 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.
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.
Yes. Heifers can be eaten as well.
No. Heifers are female, bulls are male. Heifers cannot change their sex like some other creatures can. However, heifers that were born with a twin brother and shared the same placenta with her twin brother can develop bull-like characteristics. These are called Freemartins or Hermaphrodites. Hermaphrodites are 100% sterile, and a hermaphrodite heifer is a heifer that has both male and female sexual characteristics but can not fully become a bull like REAL bulls are.
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).