COWS!!

Kell_ee001 · 23 May 2006 at 14:47

Special cow smilie for Huddy!

Pebbles · 23 May 2006 at 14:50

Admiral Huddy said:
#faints#

I'm giving up the forums!!

so all the time a cow, wife or whatever is breast feeding or extracting, it will continue to produce milk?

Yup. How else do those bonkers women keep breastfeeding until their kids are at uni?

Admiral Huddy · 23 May 2006 at 14:53

Kell_ee001 said:
Special cow smilie for Huddy!

Pebbles said:
Yup. How else do those bonkers women keep breastfeeding until their kids are at uni?

you know some.. do they produce skimmed milk then?

kitten_caboodle · 23 May 2006 at 14:54

kitten_caboodle said:
Apparently they are kept pregnant. That was my understanding anyway.

The modern dairy cow must remain lactating, which means being in a constant cycle of pregnancy. She is first impregnated, usually artificially, at 15-18 months, giving birth nine months later when she is just over two years old. After about 12 hours her calf is taken away from her forever, so that her milk can be extracted and sold for human consumption. It is common for modern dairy cows to produce 100 pounds of milk a day— 10 times more than they would produce in nature. To keep milk production as high as possible, farmers artificially inseminate cows every year. Impregnated again, just two to three months after each calving, cows are simultaneously lactating and pregnant for at least seven months of the year. They will produce up to 10,000 litres of milk during each lactation.

requoted from page one.

kitten_caboodle · 23 May 2006 at 14:56

Pebbles said:
Wrong. They have one calf, and then produce milk. Cows, humans, all mammals produce milk for as long as it is needed, keep milking, they'll keep making more milk.

As for fat cows.....pasture varies, but put a cow on good quality rich grazing and you'll get a fat cow. My horses only need a whiff of spring grass and they balloon to the size of small bungalows.

God, sensible answers, what is wrong with me

Sorry, but not wrong. I assume whether they do it or not is down to the amounts of milk needed that the farmers have agreed to provide. It is true that they will continue to produce milk, but in some cases, obviously not enough. I'm sure different places deal differently, but I know the following to be true of modern 'dairy farms'.

'To keep milk production as high as possible, farmers artificially inseminate cows every year. Impregnated again, just two to three months after each calving, cows are simultaneously lactating and pregnant for at least seven months of the year. They will produce up to 10,000 litres of milk during each lactation.

melchy · 23 May 2006 at 15:14

There's quite often a distinct change in the richness of the milk when cows go onto eating silage in the winter months.

Non pasturised milk straight from the farms dairy tastes so much better than it does after the pasturisation process.

WIBSBOT · 23 May 2006 at 15:14

Cows nearly killed me once - I still have nightmares.

melchy · 23 May 2006 at 15:15

WIBSBOT said:
Cows nearly killed me once - I still have nightmares.

LOL, me too. Dont take a dog into a field with a herd of cows :eek:

The cows dont much like it.

Admiral Huddy · 23 May 2006 at 15:20

WIBSBOT said:
Cows nearly killed me once - I still have nightmares.

Crikky! How?

I've never been the Isle of Wight

kitten_caboodle · 23 May 2006 at 15:26

you can tip them over too you know.

Kell_ee001 · 23 May 2006 at 15:29

Admiral Huddy said:
I've never been the Isle of Wight

I have - it's nice

You should go!

callmeBadger · 23 May 2006 at 15:46

The_KiD said:
Also apparently badgers can have sex all year round, but will only get pregnant in february (i think it's badgers).

I hope I'm never gonna get preggers

Pebbles · 23 May 2006 at 15:46

kitten_caboodle said:
Sorry, but not wrong.

Ah well my bad, not come across that method before.

Admiral Huddy said:
Crikky! How?

I've never been the Isle of Wight

Dear god, even the biggest crow bar would have difficulty with that one!

Admiral Huddy · 23 May 2006 at 15:50

#drinks a strawberry milk shake right this moment!!#

#slurp#

Oh - how do they make a milk shake i wonder??????? :confused:

Yas786 · 23 May 2006 at 15:51

Admiral Huddy said:
#drinks a strawberry milk shake right this moment!!#

#slurp#

Oh - how do they make a milk shake i wonder???????

Ice cubes and milk is probably the easiest way, put in a blender et voila milkshake.

WIBSBOT · 23 May 2006 at 15:52

melchy said:
LOL, me too. Dont take a dog into a field with a heard of cows The cows dont much like it.

I was walking back from the pub one night and decided on a short cut, over some fields. Next thing I know is that a load of cows are following me, keeping in step. I walked slowly at first and they walked slowly, then I ran and they ran. They were looking at me with an evil look, whilst keeping up with me. I slowed down, thinking 'they're only cows, they're harmless', I even managed a chuckle to myself until I turned round and they were still running not just after me but at me.
I sprinted until I got to a fence and tried to vault it, but caught my leg on some barb-wire and I was hanging with one leg attached to the barbed-wire upside down and all I could see were this crowd of cows running at me. I just managed to rip my leg off the barb-wire before they got to me and get over the fence.
Still got the scar to prove it. :eek:

Minxy · 23 May 2006 at 15:58

Cows are evil moo machines and must be punished.

P.S Milk mings whatever form in comes in.

kitten_caboodle · 23 May 2006 at 16:11

Pebbles said:
Ah well my bad, not come across that method before.

It's pretty mean and more than likely unnecessary - those udders are hooooge!

the_brainaic · 23 May 2006 at 16:28

Admiral Huddy said:
Secondly, does a cow produce Skimmed, Semi-Skimmed or full fat milk? I think it must be Skimmed because they only eat pasture which isn't very fatning. Therefore, who adds the fat?

Are you serious? I knew there were some thick people in this world but christ, that takes the biscuit.

Pebbles · 23 May 2006 at 16:30

the_brainaic said:
Are you serious? I knew there were some thick people in this world but christ, that takes the biscuit.

Whooosh!