Makes me laugh thinking about it. Thank you for clarifying that for people. There are a lot of folks new to the industry. There are new folks to the industry all the time. Thank you for your comment, Kristine. We hope that this information will be useful for those individuals who are new to the ag industry! When I taught in college and industry, I had a devil of a time getting facts across to students. Their retention and interest were like a colander or sieve. I asked if they planned on walking in their own back yards.
Thank you for your comment. We hope that this information will be useful to those outside of the agriculture industry, as well as to those new to farming. You should correct a couple statements about Bulls. Bulls are not castrated. Certainly the primary purpose for Bulls are breeding, but their meat is in demand for hamburg or extender in others meats to reduce cost. What is meant by that statement is that bull calves are not castrated because of their desired traits for breeding.
I apologize for the misunderstanding. Katie, I raise Texas Longhorn cattle and after several years of being ask if my Longhorn steers have any calves this year, the answer is yep.
Your a brave person to try and explain this and , After you get this all settled try to explain why some breeds , bulls and cows both have horns and some breeds neither have horns. Wow, just too many choices, not easy raising cattle. Here in southeast michigan, we have a boyscout ranch called D-A, that raised a herd of longhorns. I still laugh every time I hear the story of the city kids visiting the farm.
One young boy asked the farmer why the cow did not have horns. The farmer was gracious and patient. Sometimes the horns are removed for safety reasons. Or, the horns may not have grown and developed fully yet. And these drums sound different depending on whether it has a cow a bull, a steer or a calf skin on it. And I appreciate that, now I can inform other drummers who may not know so they can be more informed too.
I never can understand how and why educators criticize people for not knowing what they think others should already know. If they knew all these things then they the teachers would have to maybe milk cows or build drums for a living. Seasoned Citizen, do you know the differences between the three different types of congas drums and or thier respective names?
Before you go googling that is. This is a great detailed account of these types of bovine. I am a student who is doing Meat Inspection as one of my courses. Truly, when you are explaining such kind of details sometimes it is amazing on how it seems to be baffling to some students!
Especially those who have not been exposed to farm animals. But this does not guarantee us to taunt them. Learning never ends, not all things we expect people to know are known by them. Thank you very much. Oh Thank you for clarifying for detail. It makes me feel interest how to distinguish cow. Although I am not good at speak English, I understand everything!
Thank u. I have a little nephew who came the farm for the very first time. Understand that our family has been in Ag for centuries before we came to the U. He is very smart and quickly caught on to the terms bull, heifer, cow, though steer took a bit of explaining. The sac is just the scrotum, and will eventually shrink if the castration was done right so that the fluid will not accumulate in the sac, but run out. So yes, it's normal for the steer to have what's called a "cod" remaining post-castration.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 6. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 9. Luck, really. The sperm cell with the X chromosome buries itself first into the ovum of the cow. Like with humans, the female bovine has two X sex chromosomes, and the male has an X and a Y chromosome. Whether the calf ends up being male or female depends on which sperm cell and there's a a multitude of these haploid X vs. Y sex cells gets to the egg ovum first. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 8. Regardless of the breed, both male and female cattle are capable of having horns.
What determines presence of horns is genetics. Horns are deemed a recessive gene, and polled naturally hornless dominant, meaning that if the polled gene is present in the parents, then the offspring have a significant chance of being horned too. The gene for horns is not sex-linked like in cervids deer, elk, moose or in antelope. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 9. Humans have to castrate him surgically remove the testicles some time after birth.
There's no other natural way it can be done. Age of the beast, genetics, and drought conditions can cause the toughness of muscle mass. So can over-cooking. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 4. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Always remember to look between the legs, under the tail or at the underbelly if you are not sure whether an animal is a cow, a bull, a heifer or a steer. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0.
Often it's better to study pictures that are posted in a book, a magazine or online than going out to a farm or ranch to look at someone's cattle. That way you have a better chance to study the photo as long as you want, and don't have to chase or follow an animal around that gets tired of you staring at it all day. Helpful 2 Not Helpful 0. A rule of thumb to remember is that female cattle are cows and heifers, and male cattle are bulls and steers. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. Take note that heifers and steers can be difficult to tell apart, especially if they are put together in the same corral or pasture.
Helpful 46 Not Helpful Be very careful around bulls and cows with calves. Bulls and cows with calves are typically dangerous animals, especially if teased or provoked, or if they sense you are a danger to their cow herd or calf. Often it is best to view a bull or cow with calf on the other side the fence or in your vehicle if the farm you are seeing is beside a road.
Helpful 2 Not Helpful 1. Related wikiHows How to. How to. About This Article. Co-authored by:. A young female cow that has not yet produced offspring. She may be kept for breeding or for beef and leather production. A female who has given birth to her first calf. A cow is generally thicker through the middle than a heifer. An intact, mature male intended as breeding stock. Bulls are usually very muscular and thick-necked. Take care, though. Experienced cattlemen and cowboys may tease you for this.
You can just call them all calves the plural of calf. For more mature animals, take a peek underneath. Be careful not to get kicked. It takes about 48 hours for milk to travel from dairy farms to the grocery store. Food Buzz. Cow : A cow is a female bovine who has given birth to a calf. Heifer : A heifer is a female bovine who has not given birth to a calf. Steer : A steer is a male bovine who cannot reproduce. Bull : A bull is a male bovine who can reproduce. Calf : A calf is a baby bovine, male or female.
Beef Cattle Beef cattle are like weight lifters. Dairy Cows Dairy cows are more like marathon runners. Raising Cattle by the Seasons.
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