heifers
Pre-motherhood bovines
Heifers is the plural of heifer, a young cow that has not yet given birth to a calf.
The term is standard in cattle farming, distinguishing unbred females from cows that have calved: The ranch sold fifty heifers at auction.
Used of women, heifer is insulting—implying heaviness or coarseness.
Rear shin muscles
- yearlingsAnimals aged one
- weanlingsRecently weaned young animals
- steersControls direction of travel
- bullsAdult male cattle
cows · oxen · angus · jersey · guernsey · shorthorn · bovine · stocker
Grazing ground for livestock
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- forageSeek food actively
- herbageSucculent leafy vegetation
alfalfa · clover · range · browsing · cud · rumination · rotational · paddock
Livestock fattening enclosure
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- weaningGradual dietary independence
- feedingGiving food to
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
dehorning · tagging · fodder · silage · hay · grain · supplements · growth
Extracting animal dairy fluid
Science of hereditary transmission
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- calvingIce mass separation
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
sire · dam · bloodline · pedigree · registration · purebred · crossbred · reproduction
calves
Rear shin muscles
bulls · cows · oxen · angus · jersey · guernsey · shorthorn · bovine · stocker · replacement
pasture
Grazing ground for livestock
herbage · alfalfa · clover · range · browsing · cud · rumination · rotational · paddock · fencing
feedlot
Livestock fattening enclosure
vaccination · dehorning · tagging · fodder · silage · hay · grain · supplements · growth · finishing
milking
Extracting animal dairy fluid
parlor · stanchion · freshening · production · colostrum
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- calvingIce mass separation
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
gestation · sire · dam · bloodline · pedigree · registration · purebred · crossbred · reproduction · cycling
- cattle ranchingcattle, cattle drive, cattle drives, cattle auctions, cattle branding
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- cattlecow, moo, cows, bull, bulls
- herdcows, bulls, calves, horses, elephants
- British farmingsheep farming, dairy farming, cattle farming, mixed farming, pig farming
- Outbackoutback, station, red sand, cattle station, dust storm