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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 219994, member: 106"]Hahaha ... it is starting to get confusing, isn't it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it's due to the term "cows"</p><p>A lot of people refer to <u>all</u> domesticated cattle, regardless of gender, as "cows" ...</p><p>but some folks are more specific ... this is what I've been taught by my husband, a former herdsman (so if these are wrong, I'm putting the blame on him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" />): </p><p>bull = un-castrated male, steer = castrated male, cow = female (bred), heifer = female (un-bred)</p><p>Some breeds of 'cattle" are hornless ... Angus for example, (I don't know if they never had them, or if it was bred out over time)</p><p>For other breeds, both males and females produce horns, but they can nipped or burned off when they're very small, if the farmer does not wish to deal with horned livestock.</p><p><br /></p><p>I <i><b>think</b></i> that <u>you're</u> asking if the horn you have could be from one of the typical cattle breeds (without regard to gender) here in the Americas. My opinion is that it could be ... but I don't know if there are other "bovines" (as komo suggested) that could also have long smooth horns similar to yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photos I had posted were just to show that some bred female cattle ... "cows" could have very long horns too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 219994, member: 106"]Hahaha ... it is starting to get confusing, isn't it? I think it's due to the term "cows" A lot of people refer to [U]all[/U] domesticated cattle, regardless of gender, as "cows" ... but some folks are more specific ... this is what I've been taught by my husband, a former herdsman (so if these are wrong, I'm putting the blame on him :p): bull = un-castrated male, steer = castrated male, cow = female (bred), heifer = female (un-bred) Some breeds of 'cattle" are hornless ... Angus for example, (I don't know if they never had them, or if it was bred out over time) For other breeds, both males and females produce horns, but they can nipped or burned off when they're very small, if the farmer does not wish to deal with horned livestock. I [I][B]think[/B][/I] that [U]you're[/U] asking if the horn you have could be from one of the typical cattle breeds (without regard to gender) here in the Americas. My opinion is that it could be ... but I don't know if there are other "bovines" (as komo suggested) that could also have long smooth horns similar to yours. The photos I had posted were just to show that some bred female cattle ... "cows" could have very long horns too ;)[/QUOTE]
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