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Reply #15 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:57am

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Club508 wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 5:08pm:
Thanks You two!  I'm not sure why they change them names like that.  Chicken-rooster-chicken(don't start H)  Bull-Cow-Steer-Hiefer,  Boy-Man-Girl_Woman-Baby.  All too confusing.
Sorry, I've just got to... after all, except for the first few years, my early life was on a small farm and I helped my dad on occasion when he worked weekends for the veterinarian.

Chickens:
Just Born: hatchlings
Young Males/Females: chicks
Females: hens
Males: roosters, cocks

Cattle:
Newborn: calf
Orphaned calf: dogie (wouldn't have known this myself but for an old C/W song)
Young Female: heifer (as Steve M stated but older heifers are often called cows; like many human females, they rarely tell age)
Young Male: bullock
Adult Female: cow
Uncastrated Adult Male: bull
Castrated Adult Males: steer (individually or plural)


Steve M wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 4:29pm:
So if you ever have to milk a cow, they will be the ones without horns.
This is not necessarily so: cows, bulls and steer have often been dehorned. The reason a bull will be more than cantankerous with you for trying to milk him is his aversion to becoming a steer.



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Reply #16 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 8:08am

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Romulus111VADT wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 7:18pm:
Steve M wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 4:29pm:
Club508 wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 3:47pm:
Steve M wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 3:13pm:
An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. A young female before she has had a calf of her own and is under three years of age is called a heifer  A young female that has had only one calf is occasionally called a first-calf heifer.  Smiley
A cow with a ladder is called a coniving bovine and guilty of trying to get up to the hayloft.

then what's a male cow and male heifer? Huh




There is no male cows or male heifers. They are called bulls or steers.  Wink So if you ever have to milk a cow, they will be the ones without horns.  Cheesy Someone else can explain what a steer is.. I get tears in my eyes when I talk about that. Wink 


Cause if you try to milk a bull, he'll look at you with love in his eyes.... Smiley

And horns in your gut. Cool
 
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Reply #17 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 8:10am

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H wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:57am:
Club508 wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 5:08pm:
Thanks You two!  I'm not sure why they change them names like that.  Chicken-rooster-chicken(don't start H)  Bull-Cow-Steer-Hiefer,  Boy-Man-Girl_Woman-Baby.  All too confusing.
Sorry, I've just got to... after all, except for the first few years, my early life was on a small farm and I helped my dad on occasion when he worked weekends for the veterinarian.

Chickens:
Just Born: hatchlings
Young Males/Females: chicks
Females: hens
Males: roosters, cocks

Cattle:
Newborn: calf
Orphaned calf: dogie (wouldn't have known this myself but for an old C/W song)
Young Female: heifer (as Steve M stated but older heifers are often called cows; like many human females, they rarely tell age)
Young Male: bullock
Adult Female: cow
Uncastrated Adult Male: bull
Castrated Adult Males: steer (individually or plural)



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Oh, Imeant that thing about humans getting lazy and Foghorn-Leghorn. Roll Eyes

What you posted is fine. Wink
 
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Reply #18 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 8:25am

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All very interesting. Just to confuse the issue there is no singular form of the collective term "cattle" & cow is generally used for one example whether it be male or female. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Singular_terminology_issue

Going back to the original news item the "Silly Cow" in the subject line was actually a Belgian Blue bullock (castrated male).
 
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Reply #19 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 8:51am

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Oh boy, I know when I enter A topic it will usually start to go off-track and 'll like it, but this time can we please get it back on track?  my head is starting to hurt....

 
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Reply #20 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 9:12am

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Having spent time as a kid on a cattle farm I'm finding this fascinating....
Collective e-learning, the wave of the future Grin
 
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Reply #21 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 9:15am

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I'm from the south if that counts.


On an off note, here's something I've heard while living near the middle:
If you ever hear a redneck yell "Hey ya'll, watch this!!!"  it's a good idea to step back, because it's usually the last thing they ever say. Cheesy
 
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Reply #22 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 12:03pm

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I normally wait till the camera is pointing my way before making the "WATCH THIS!!!!" statement. I like to have my accidents recorded for the doctors to enjoy whilst I'm sitting in A&E Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #23 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 12:44pm

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A&E?
What's that? Huh

Just so you know, I once looked up redneck in the dictionary, and part of it read, "often used disparingly".  In other words, I thik you might want to edit that out. Lips Sealed
 
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Reply #24 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 3:29pm

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A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.
 
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ozzy72 wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 3:29pm:
A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.


A&E in the US - Arts & Entertainment Network.... Wink
 
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Reply #26 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 3:36pm

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Ah!

And very... uh... interesting connection Romulus111VADT. Shocked
 
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Reply #27 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:15pm

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H wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:57am:
Club508 wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 5:08pm:
Thanks You two!  I'm not sure why they change them names like that.  Chicken-rooster-chicken(don't start H)  Bull-Cow-Steer-Hiefer,  Boy-Man-Girl_Woman-Baby.  All too confusing.
Sorry, I've just got to... after all, except for the first few years, my early life was on a small farm and I helped my dad on occasion when he worked weekends for the veterinarian.

Chickens:
Just Born: hatchlings
Young Males/Females: chicks
Females: hens
Males: roosters, cocks

Cattle:
Newborn: calf
Orphaned calf: dogie (wouldn't have known this myself but for an old C/W song)
Young Female: heifer (as Steve M stated but older heifers are often called cows; like many human females, they rarely tell age)
Young Male: bullock
Adult Female: cow
Uncastrated Adult Male: bull
Castrated Adult Males: steer (individually or plural)


Steve M wrote on Aug 17th, 2011 at 4:29pm:
So if you ever have to milk a cow, they will be the ones without horns.
This is not necessarily so: cows, bulls and steer have often been dehorned. The reason a bull will be more than cantankerous with you for trying to milk him is his aversion to becoming a steer.



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You've 'herd' of a Maverick then?  Wink

An unbranded bovine of either sex is called a "maverick" in the USA and Canada.
 
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Reply #28 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:22pm

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Romulus111VADT wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 3:32pm:
ozzy72 wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 3:29pm:
A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.
A&E in the US - Arts & Entertainment Network
It's not so unbelievable that Ozzy's antics would be considered Art and Entertainment in the U.S.

Terminology also differs by location. Australia has its own and I doubt much of Britain has a natural occurance of bovine dogies and mavericks. Neither was dogie nor maverick ever a common term in New England, .



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Reply #29 - Aug 18th, 2011 at 7:26pm

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Hagar wrote on Aug 18th, 2011 at 8:25am:
All very interesting. Just to confuse the issue there is no singular form of the collective term "cattle" & cow is generally used for one example whether it be male or female. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Singular_terminology_issue

Going back to the original news item the "Silly Cow" in the subject line was actually a Belgian Blue bullock (castrated male).



I Wiki searched 'cow' and got nearly the same results. I was surprised that no other species were mentioned.
Such as (cow and bull), Moose, Elephants, buffalo?, ect. Huh 
 
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