Bullocks

[The Ruminant]

When did bullocks become steers? I grew up calling them bullocks. Not sure when or what happened but everyone round here now calls them by the American name, “steers”. How did that happen?

 

[Poorbuthappy]

When did bullocks become steers? I grew up calling them bullocks. Not sure when or what happened but everyone round here now calls them by the American name, “steers”. How did that happen?

Try the west country. Bullocks could be male or female. Steers are definitely male

 

[Hilly]

When did bullocks become steers? I grew up calling them bullocks. Not sure when or what happened but everyone round here now calls them by the American name, “steers”. How did that happen?

I don’t know , we have always been little Americans

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Try the west country. Bullocks could be male or female. Steers are definitely male

^this.

I have a shed of steers and a shed of heifers.

Hopefully I'll soon be opening up the doors and letting them all run out so I'll have fields full of bullocks.

 

[goodevans]

Be good if heifers turned into bullocks

 

[goodevans]

It used to happen with ralgro

 

[The Ruminant]

My grandad always used to call some animals stirks. I was too young to know if they were male of female but I’ve since heard they were probably young heifers. Makes sense as he also had bullocks

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Always bullocks down here including heifers!
Steers just differentiated them.

 

[Woolless]

Part of the general creeping Americanisation of the english language? My kids watch a lot of American stuff on YouTube and I have to pull them up for 'gas station' , 'flashlight' etc.

 

[Bury the Trash]

When did bullocks become steers? I grew up calling them bullocks. Not sure when or what happened but everyone round here now calls them by the American name, “steers”. How did that happen?

Yes we always called them bullocks as well, not so much these days.

and as @Poorbuthappy says , male or fem.

 

[DevonianRedneck]

stirks

A stirks a yearing steer or heifer,

 

[AftonShepherd]

Female bullocks? I always knew there was something different about you lot but didn't realise it was that bad!

 

[DevonianRedneck]

Up until now, i didnt reliese it was only us westcountry lot, that used bullocks as generic term.

 

[tr250]

Nope a bullock is a castrated male in my opinion never heard of a female being called it.

 

[Drago]

Nope a bullock is a castrated male in my opinion never heard of a female being called it.

Alway makes me smile when speaking with mate from us north, they would call themselves beasts. We would term beef cattle bullocks both male or female, as we are dairy we call the youngstock - heifers.

 

[Paul E]

Everyones talking a load of bullocks......

 

[Werzle]

Never heard ewes called yowes until these farming life type programs and now every bu##er seems to be calling them it

 

[Blaithin]

You know you’re American if you start using heiferettes.

 

[polk_farmer]

A stirks a yearing steer or heifer,

Yurlin round here

 

[Jackov Altraids]

A stirks a yearing steer or heifer,

I always thought a stirk was when it was between a calf and a yearling [yurlin].......