heifer
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Instead a heifer, a young female cow, needs two years before she is able to produce a calf.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He had already lost a heifer with weak lungs and feared future reproductive problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Then in June, officials confirmed that wolves killed a heifer on private land in the county.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The first hint of it came when the Spot heifer failed to show up one evening at milking time.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
A group of heifers moved into the land behind her house in Fife, and before long she knew that she wanted to become a farmer.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
The family had to clear up items from the basements in the property’s two homes in case they flooded, as well as secure their 500 or so milking cows, heifers and calves, and their feed.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Calves, bulls and heifers, they come from breeds that naturally developed long ago in Brazil, England and India.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
Thus Eurylokhos; and they murmured ‘Aye!’ trooping away at once to round up heifers.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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