Welcome to Crazy for COWS (sm)! We celebrate bovines
of all shapes and sizes. Mooooooo! Cattle lovers... come join the herd!
Do you have a great cow photo to share? If so
please
contact Chief Cow. Thanks!
Send a friend who loves cows a
Cow Card
Cow Names: What's your favorite?
Who's the biggest cow fan? Back for a LIMITED TIME!
Vote or add yourself to the list...
Ahhh, cows... What's not to like about cows?
Take the Moo Challenge -- all our cow
games and quizzes are on one page, including CowPie!
Read about Pearl's adventures: My Name is Pearl and I'm a Bovine
Cow T-shirts and sweatshirts:
More Cow T-shirts and sweatshirts...
Other fun cow stuff:
Stickers, ornaments, and boxes
| This bovine would be a fun cow to have at your next moo party:
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Title: Cow
Artist:
Type: Stand Up
Size: 65 x 42 (inches)
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Is there anything better than looking
at cows all day? Cow "art" is always a great gift for a cow-fan.
allposters.com has hundreds of cow posters, prints, magnets, and notecards.
Title: Little Cowboy Takes a Licking, c.1938
Artist: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Type: Giclee Print
Size: 14 x 12 (inches)
Price: $19.99
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Title: Barnyard Cow
Artist: Lowell Herrero
Type: Art Print
Size: 8 x 10 (inches)
Price: $7.99
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Title: Message Recu
Artist: Nat
Type: Art Print
Size: 11.8 x 11.8 (inches)
Price: $16.99
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Plus we have some additional
fun gift ideas. Something for everyone!
Guest cows!
Giridhari lives in India. He and his wife have some bovines and also help to take care of
street cows in their town. Take a look at their website,
careforcows.org.
I'm curious about you!
Cute little one
Relaxing cows and calf
Jacques emailed this photo:
A Dutch Cow
Clive shares some of his wife's "cow collection"...
See all our
Guest Cows!
(All guest cows that have appeared on the homepage
are on one of the guest cows pages, always available for you to enjoy.)
From Lena in Norway:
Mirja says Hi
Quick Cow facts:
Do cows have horns? Yes, female bovines almost always have horns. While
some cows are naturally polled (which means horn-free), the majority have their
horns removed when they are calves to make them safer to handle. So, YES,
cows can indeed have horns!
Oreo cookie cows? Yes, there are "belted" bovines out there!
More cow facts!
- A cow stands up and lies down about 14 times a day.
- Milk is an emulsion (a suspension of small particles of one liquid in another where the two liquids do not mix) of fat and protein in water, along with dissolved sugars (carbohydrates), minerals, and vitamins.
- The White Park is an all white cow with black points -- black ears, nose, hoofs, rims of the eyes, and teats, but not the tail switch.
- Old cows in India have their own nursing home.
- The Dutch Belted is a black cow with a white "belt." Their history is a bit unclear before the 1600s. A few records and paintings show belted cows grazing on the estates of Dutch nobility before this time.
- Corn is the most popular feed, then pasture, then hay.
- The Brahman breed was developed from Bos indicus cattle from India. Four types of Bos indicus were used: the Gir, Guzerat, Nellore, and Krankrej.
- The mean gestation period for Holsteins is 279 days. The mean gestation period for Brown Swiss is 290 days.
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Last updated: January 24, 2010
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