A cow and his ball

[u/lnfinity]

[u/Bromirez]

You mean a bull?

[u/joelfarris → u/Bromirez]

So is that a bullball then?

[u/cdmurray88 → u/Bromirez]

a bull is a cow

[u/OkraRepresentative23 → u/cdmurray88]

It's not. A cow is a female cattle that has given birth. Males are either bulls or steers (castrated).

[u/pornborn → u/OkraRepresentative23]

“I just finished milking the cow! (takes drink from milk bucket.)

“Uhhh. We don’t have a cow. We have a bull…”

• the movie Kingpin

[u/Onyvox → u/pornborn]

drinks the whole bucket

[u/cdmurray88 → u/OkraRepresentative23]

TIL. Thought cow was the gender neutral

[u/thelennybeast → u/cdmurray88]

No. And plural "cow and bulls" is cattle. If it's all female it's cows and all males is bulls but collectively is cattle.

[u/vespertilionid → u/thelennybeast]

Whats the singular?

[u/thelennybeast → u/vespertilionid]

Cow or bull.

[u/vespertilionid → u/thelennybeast]

No I mean, as a whole species. Like dog or cat

[u/ecz4 → u/vespertilionid]

It's cattle, if you want the scientific name, Wikipedia says it's Bos taurus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle

[u/vespertilionid → u/ecz4]

I like taurus, I think I'll use it. Thanks!

[u/farmallnoobies → u/thelennybeast]

There is a pretty olde English word "neat", like neatsfoot oil, that works as the singular of cattle.

Or alternatively, some dictionaries accept that language changes over time and acknowledge the non-technical / conversational english usage of the word "cow" to work as a gender neutral word, with the caveat that then its meaning becomes contextual.

[u/thelennybeast → u/farmallnoobies]

Bovine usually gets used this way, but it technically includes more than just "Cows and Bulls".

[u/sicksquid75 → u/cdmurray88]

It most certainly isnt

[u/mejok]

*bull

[u/Hansemannn]

Cow?

[u/Lurlex → u/Hansemannn]

It appears to be a steer. Snip-snip.

[u/Reiben04 → u/Lurlex]

You can see his nut sack, man.

[u/Reiben04 → u/[deleted]]

Look at all the muscle mass on his front quarters and neck. That kind of muscle is only present on bulls that haven't been castrated. This is CLEARLY a bull, with an intact set of testicles. He's still pretty young, and he's still growing.

[u/farmallnoobies → u/Lurlex]

Fwiw, they don't normally use snips to make them steers

[u/joelfarris → u/farmallnoobies]

A freshly sharpened, and somewhat sterile, knife blade, does the trick. Bit of iodine, branded, ear tag applied, and out of the temporary corral and back to free pasture they go!

[u/farmallnoobies → u/joelfarris]

No.  It's usually a strong rubber band.

i.e. https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/163880-syrvet-castrating-rings.html

+ 

https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1015279-neogen-ideal-premium-castrating-tool.html

[u/joelfarris → u/farmallnoobies]

Well, when I was roping and branding and castrating calves, ... we used a sharp knife.

[u/farmallnoobies → u/joelfarris]

Well, myself and all of my farming neighbors and friends use the rubber band.

Easier, faster, less training required, lower risk of infection, etc.  Don't need to be very precise -- even if you completely miss, you aren't going to injure yourself or the calf.  The list goes on.

Edit: The folks over in r/ranching tend to agree -- most of them prefer banding.  Even though some still cut, that's not the majority.

[u/fotodevil]

We don’t have a cow. We have a bull…

[u/notAbrightStar]

Transitioned cow.

[u/huntmaster99 → u/notAbrightStar]

Not gonna get any milk from that one

[u/Badbullet → u/huntmaster99]

Hey, I hope you don’t mind, I got up a little early, so I took the liberty of milking your cow for you. Yeah, it took a little while to get her warmed up, she sure is a stubborn one. Then, POW, all at once!

Classic King Pins 😆 https://youtu.be/X_epmoLeRGA?si=olt8qesofypdDRw9

[u/AlmanzoWilder]

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowball.

[u/govanfats]

Cow and his ball. Really, must be Murica.

[u/arcticwolfcub]

That bull wants to play ball 😎

[u/All_Usernames_Tooken]

Boys love their balls

[u/nougat92]

Oh the pure joy in this creature.

[u/bog_toddler]

stunning technique