What do you call yours?

[Bald Rick]

We all do it because we love them.


Give our cows pet names, I mean. We have dozens and they become a lineage:

Here "Favourite Cow" had "Flossie" 2 years ago and Floss has just given birth to "Button"

"Lofty" (about our smallest cow) gave birth to "Handbag" who is now growing up

and so on & so on

You & yours?

 

[Slippery Slope]

Flash, snowy, Milly and lilly (twins!), chicken, spot, Rosa, Marj, hazel etc etc etc all named by the wife and kids though!! I just stick to the numbers (honest!).

 

[Princess Pooper]

Yup! They all have pedigree names but it's pet names that we tend to use for many of them. Admittedy the pet names don't then follow a pattern, but that was the basis for the original pedigree names. So we had a 'Midget' as she was little, and then we went with MG cars so her daughter was Morgan. Then we went pedigree and Morgan is one of our biggest cow families.

From current pet names, 'Piglet' because she has a funny face that has always looked like a Piglet. 'Biddy Boo' (who is really a Morgan) nick-named late in life because she became a bit of a stubborn old biddy. A heifer born on St George's Day is Georgina and she used to eat so much I thought she would go pop so she became Georgina Pop. We had 2 other spring-born heifer calves (we normally only breed to dairy for autumn births) so the 3 of them became the Pop Gang.... it goes on and on!!!!

 

[vantage]

Sadly I try not to give cows pet names as they have a habit of disappearing with bTB.

 

[Durry cows]

Happy, goldilocks, softy, flecky, kit kat, redsy, ginger, Alfie, baby, pudsy, to name but a few!

 

[Durry cows]

Only got a picture of “happy”

 

[stablegirl]

We call them by there pedigree name usually with a prefix.

For example we have big Sadie, little Sadie, fat Sadie and silly Sadie.

 

[Kingofgrass]

Donkey (acts like one)

Dudey

Flora

Ruby/fliss

Loopy/lulu

All the friendly heifers get names

 

[ARW]

My mother names our suckers and the vet laughed at a calf called “snowdrop” on the tb test! There are many more

 

[Ducati899]

Pedigree name canwell Andy Marie,GF’s favourite cow

 

[Agrispeed]

Almost all our cows are named, Either by us or bought with names, some sensible (Jack & Jill, who are twins), some a bit random (Camel, Midget Gem/Gemma).

This is Ethel, last Christmas

 

[howit]

All ours have pedigree names rarely used tho,but most have a nickname as it were. Spot,Gary,grandma Baggins,bobbins, pig cow, slow pipe just to name a few. Get some funny looks in summer when bringing in for milking, who cares makes you smile tho.

 

[Sparkymark]

Various nicknames been given to mine include, hippo, piggy, alpha cow, little tits.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Two pap Shakur ( old cow that milks on two paps)

 

[Mr Mackay]

The vet has a right laugh at routines when we introduce him to - Derek, Rupert (shes red) , Hendrika, Mojo , Sandra (Angus black heifer ie Sandra Bullock ) Eee Orrr (Brown Swiss who used to make a noise like a donkey)Zippy (mad as the Rainbow character) Geoffrey (shes gone now) ,all names thought up mainly by my son ,who probably took after his Dad who had a nickname for most of his bale wrapping customers , 20 yrs ago

 

[lizness]

Hugh hefner, Turkey and Fangs are some of my most original. Then there are the more normal names. Last years heifers were M's Magpie, Mavis, Mayo, Mabel, Myrtle, Mango, oh and Bambi (cos it looks like a blooming little deer!) This year is N's, first heifer is Narcissus (latin name for daffodil)

 

[Boysground]

When my dad moved from short horn to friesian in the 60s the first 2 he bought were full sisters called Gem. In theory all the paperwork and now software we have should trace every gem we now have back to them. Bg junior worked out there have been 583 since then. There was another born last week.

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[Princess Pooper]

View attachment 630544 Donkey (acts like one) View attachment 630540 Dudey View attachment 630536 FloraView attachment 630528 Ruby/fliss View attachment 630524 Loopy/lulu

All the friendly heifers get names

Do the authorities mind that you've managed to put Flora's tags in backwards?

 

[Behind The Times]

We have names for most, mainly christened by the kids, most notable are maisey and daisy ( sisters), bluebell ( my favourite s/hornx) Jess Racer and Racers mum, Smooth horns, grumpy, Dotty, skippy, Mrs Badger, Snow White, little jersey, Softy, Peachy, Fuzzy, Lazy, Slow coach, Shiney, Panda, Speedy, Twinkle,Teardrop,Tiny, Big Bertha, Lofty, Love heart, Frankie, Seven-up and Flash. Last two stock bulls were named Bob and Beefy Bert. Will try to upload some pics tomorrow in daylight. All new to me.

 

[farmerdan7618]

Did a pedigree upgrade here about 4 years ago, and decided not to be so conventional with the names. So instead of a sire as the middle name, they have a maternal family name which is the original descendant cow of the family. Each then has their pet name, which we feel makes them a bit more individual. Family names would include Martha, Marigold, Snowdrop, Bertha, Flash, Ivy, Pinky, Perky, Jumbo. Bull is called Jacko