male cow and female cow

[priyawarekar]

how to identify a male cow from a female one apart from the mammary glands.Is it true that a male cow has a hump? or do both have humps

[andy-hughes]

There are two ways to differentiate between a cow and a bull - there are no male cows, they are bulls.

The first is that bulls are a lot broader and heavier accross the shoulders, and the most obvious difference is that bulls have the necessary equipment to make calves - and it's not hard to spot! i think you know where I'm coming from on this .....?

[Ethel]

Following on, and apologies for jumping on your question -

what is the collective name for bulls, cows and calves of the domestic variety we are used to in the UK?

I don't believe they are ox.

[auldyin]

ethel.....cattle.
priyawarekar....the male cow humps the female cow. the female cow only gets the hump if the male cow ignores her!

[Jenny Tools]

I think thats something else you can smell !

[RATTER15]

I think you are getting mixed up with camels, humps indeed!!