Dec 2, 2025 · At birth, a female calf is often termed a “heifer calf.” A heifer in the final weeks of pregnancy is dubbed a “springing heifer,” and a heifer that is pregnant for the first time is …

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 …

Apr 10, 2025 · Developing and first calf heifers are not the same as mature cows. While that seems like an obvious statement, there is still a common belief that heifers should be able to …

Jul 11, 2024 · Female calves are known as 'heifer calves' and a pregnant heifer is called a 'bred heifer', while one that is about to give birth is called - rather aptly - a 'springing heifer'. They …

Jul 28, 2025 · Heifer: a female bovine (often immature, but beyond the "calf" stage) less than 1 to 2 years of age that has never calved. Such females, if they've never calved beyond two years …

Sep 30, 2025 · A cow is a female that has a calf, a heifer hasn’t calved yet, a bull is an intact male, and a steer is a castrated male. For cattle farmers and ranchers, there’s a huge …

Sep 5, 2025 · Female bovines are considered heifer calves when they are younger than one year of age. However, if a female bovine is younger than 2.5 years of age, has not had a calf or has …

Replacement heifer: A calf called a replacement heifer when she is designated to become a breeding animal. She is to be raised up to become a beef cow or a milking dairy cow, …

Nov 15, 2025 · A heifer is a young female cattle that has not yet given birth to a calf. Heifers are a crucial part of cattle farming as they represent the next generation of milk producers and beef …

What is a Heifer? In broad terms, a heifer is a young cow who has not yet given birth to her first calf. Farmers may further differentiate between pregnant heifers (which are usually called bred …