Cows

20th March 2014

Cows

When cows give birth they stand or lie down. When the calves pop out they try to stand on their feet but they wobble around. But later they soon stand properly. Sometimes the farmer goes and checks on the cows and then he gets the little calves and takes them to a warmer place where the other calves stay.

When the calves are in the shed they are very hungry. Sometimes the calves get very greedy and want to be first to drink the milk. The calves start to nibble on the grass when they begin getting older. As they grow older they drink less of milk and more of grass. They also drink nice clean water.

When the calves are small they have little sharp horns. Their horns are removed by hot iron. The calves are injected so they won’t get big sharp horns that will hurt them.

The farmers keep the best calves because they are milking cows. The female cows make 20,000 litres a year. Some cattles are killed so they can be made into beef. The rest of the cattles are used for breeding.