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Heiferettes are either first-calf heifers or a subset thereof without potential to become lineage dams, depending on whose definition is regionally operative. Young cattle (regardless of sex) are called calves until they are weaned , then weaners until they are a year old in some areas; in other areas, particularly with male beef cattle, they ...
Feeder calves are less than 1 year old; feeder yearlings are between 1 and 2 years old. Both types are often produced in a cow-calf operation . After attaining a desirable weight, feeder cattle become finished cattle that are sold to a packer (finished cattle are also called fattened cattle, fat cattle, fed cattle, or, when contrasted with ...
A red and white heifer A red and white heifer. The expression of red colour replacing the black in Holsteins is a function of a recessive gene. [33] Assuming the allele 'B' stands for the dominant black and 'b' for the recessive red, cattle with the paired genes 'BB', 'Bb', or 'bB' would be black and white, while 'bb' cattle would be red and white.
Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers. Cattle are commonly raised for meat, for dairy products, and for leather. As draft animals, they pull carts and farm implements. In India, cattle are sacred animals within Hinduism, and may not be killed.
Heifer (cow), a young cow before she has had her first calf; Frank Heifer (1854–1893), American outfielder and first baseman; The Heifer (La vaquilla), 1985 Spanish comedy film; Heifer International, a charitable organization; Red heifer, in Christianity or Judaism, was a heifer that was sacrificed and whose ashes were used for the ritual ...
A Hereford cow licks her newborn calf clean.. A cow calf operation is a method of rearing beef cattle in which a permanent herd of cows is kept by a farmer or rancher to produce calves for later sale.
Only a proportion of purebred heifers are needed to provide replacement cows, so often some of the cows in dairy herds are put to a beef bull to produce crossbred calves suitable for rearing as beef. Veal calves may be reared entirely on milk formula and killed at about 18 or 20 weeks as "white" veal, or fed on grain and hay and killed at 22 to ...
The "white heifer" Glassdhablecana ′ s name is glossed as "the grey-flanked-cow" in one variant tale. [12] James Mackillop state the cow was "white with green spots". [13] So while commentators agree that glas "blue, green, gray, etc." is the colour of the cow's coat, they are at considerable variance in describing it.