Fairvue Farms in Woodstock CT - facts about dairy cows

Cows drink a bathtub of water (about 40 gallons) and eat 120 pounds of feed a day.
Cows have 32 teeth.
The body temperature of a cow is 101.5 degrees F.
Cows have one stomach with 4 digestive compartments.
Cows chew their cuds up to 8 hours a day.
Female calves are called heifers. Male calves are called bull calves when they are born.
Size and age are used to determine when heifers should be bred. Typically this is when they are 12-15 months old. Holsteins are usually 14 months old, and weigh 700 pounds when bred (Source: 4-H manual.)
When a dairy cow gives birth, it is called calving or a freshening.
Two months before a cow gives birth, she takes a rest from milking to grow her calf. At this time, she is called a dry cow.
There are six breeds of dairy cows: Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn and Guernsey. All of Fairvue Farms cows are Holsteins. About 80-90% of the mlk people drink comes from Holsteins.
All cows are born with horn nubs that are removed when they are a few months old.
Dairy farmers and their families must milk and feed their cows 365 days a year. Cows are usually milked twice each day. Fairvue Farms' high-producing cows are milked three times a day.
Cows have pierced ears for identification.
Dairy cows can produce 125 pounds of saliva a day.
Cows have an acute sense of smell, and can smell something up to six miles away.

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