Malamutes are awsome if you live way up north and have them in a sled dog team, outside.
When a cow has twin calves (not a good thing) and one of each sex, the heifer calf gets an overload of her brother's testosterone while in utero, so she's sterile, and called a free martin. Don't have any...
So, about cattle: in spite of what's said out there so often, a cow is a female bovine over two years of age, or when she has her first calf.
'Calf' is a very young bovine of either sex. 'Heifer' is a female bovine under two years of age. When very young, 'heifer calf' is also fine.
A very...
The cattle were my hubby's thing, their horns were intimidating. I'm more about the horses, although I'm no longer riding.
Here he is with John and Walker, years ago, at a 'heritage village' weekend in Wisconsin. His boys weighed in at about 2800 pounds each!
Mary
There are still breeds of chickens we haven't had, and maybe a trio of geese. We had oxen, but don't now. I like those cute Dexters, but probably not...
Mary