cow names

keep going

Our cow called the "swimmer"due to a visit to a slurry tank calved recenttly and put me thinking have ye cow names and how did they get them

frazzledhome

keep going wrote: »

Our cow called the "swimmer"due to a visit to a slurry tank calved recenttly and put me thinking have ye cow names and how did they get them

We have one here called Thatcher because she's a right bitch :)

Kovu

Do ye want them all? Off the top of my head in the shed there's-

Noo Noo- So called because she's like that hoover in Teletubies that sucks up everything.
Fuzz- Her mother was called Fuzzyhead as she had a big fuzzy lump of hair at the top of her head.
Longhead- Speaks for itself.
Hairy Lugs- Has very hairy lugs.
Maxy- Mother was called Maxy after the man we bought her off.
Little red- Her mother was called Small Red & her aunt Big Red so...
Dawn- Born at stupid o clock in the morning.
Rosie- My cow, no idea where I came up with it.
Diamond- Ped cow, had to begin with a D, seems to suit her as she acts like a diva.
Fern- Born in a clump of them and just happened to need a name beginning with F.
Horsey- We had a family of Ch cows all from one cow called Mammy horsey (We've had Baby horsey, young horsey, Wee horsey, Grey horsey, Karen's horsey etc etc etc )
Odd-Ear- Some idiot lassie tagger her backwards:rolleyes:

The rest got lumped with named picked at random as they had to be registered so no real meaning behind them.
Coots was my favourite one though, she got mange one year so was renamed Cooties.

Anyway I've just lost all credibility as a mod here :pac::pac::o

Jimlh86

We have "daisy" my young lad named her, big white Charolais, went to take her to the factory a few years back and no way would she go broke the gate in the loading pen then the gate to the field! So we kept her and she pretty much does as she please's! Craziest looking cow I've ever seen, great calves though!

onyerbikepat

I used to have a cow called 'Physco'. I culled her before she lived up to her name. Funny, but her daughter is the quitest cow I have.
Have another one called 'Pink-eye'. I bought her by accident. I spotted her in a mart and liked the look of her, a nice muscley type simmental. I realised then she had a spot in her eye, so took down her number with pick eye written beside it. An hour later, in she comes into the ring, glanced down at my notes and never saw the 'pink eye' bit. She turned out to be the best cow I have.

A cow called Daisy

Jimlh86 wrote: »

We have "daisy" my young lad named her, big white Charolais, went to take her to the factory a few years back and no way would she go broke the gate in the loading pen then the gate to the field! So we kept her and she pretty much does as she please's! Craziest looking cow I've ever seen, great calves though!

Ah, a cow called daisy. Sorry I'm getting all emotional now.

Would of had one called brown bomber that seemed to spend her time dunging when she being milked
Also one called pimp as she used to wander around yard looking into sheds etc. Name has different meaning now.
Even though most of them registered it is the pet names I remember better.

whelan2

had one called the general- was around the time martin cahill was shot- she didnt care what paddock or field was set up she would go where she wanted

feelgoodinc27

Neighbours used to have one called twink, she was a right psycho worse than any bull!

Nekarsulm

Only have two names now, Pet, and Bitch. Use as required.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Kovu wrote: »

Do ye want them all? Off the top of my head in the shed there's-

Noo Noo- So called because she's like that hoover in Teletubies that sucks up everything.
Fuzz- Her mother was called Fuzzyhead as she had a big fuzzy lump of hair at the top of her head.
Longhead- Speaks for itself.
Hairy Lugs- Has very hairy lugs.
Maxy- Mother was called Maxy after the man we bought her off.
Little red- Her mother was called Small Red & her aunt Big Red so...
Dawn- Born at stupid o clock in the morning.
Rosie- My cow, no idea where I came up with it.
Diamond- Ped cow, had to begin with a D, seems to suit her as she acts like a diva.
Fern- Born in a clump of them and just happened to need a name beginning with F.
Horsey- We had a family of Ch cows all from one cow called Mammy horsey (We've had Baby horsey, young horsey, Wee horsey, Grey horsey, Karen's horsey etc etc etc )
Odd-Ear- Some idiot lassie tagger her backwards:rolleyes:

The rest got lumped with named picked at random as they had to be registered so no real meaning behind them.
Coots was my favourite one though, she got mange one year so was renamed Cooties.

Anyway I've just lost all credibility as a mod here :pac::pac::o

Don't worry, Kovu, you never had any credibility to start with:P

We have a few names for cow families.
Dolly was named after Miz Parton, for her massive erm, mammary glands. Seriously good cow, she had 10 calves here and a good few before she came here.

Dancer used to do a jig in the parlour until all four cups were on, she didn't last long.
Julie was a PB cow i bought donkeys years ago and all her daughters are called Julie now, Big Julie, Cross Julie etc.

Daingean was a cow bought from Dingle who was awful cross until the father had the radio in the yard on to RnG and she got quiet so we started to talk to her in Irish and got on like a house on fire, great cow (Keel for the women, Dingle for the cows is an old saying out west, check and check). i still bladder away in Irish to the cows and get a fair few strange looks from any visitors to the yard or in the mart.

Muttonhead used chase sheep:rolleyes:

Houdini used be put into one field and end up in another, i don't think she could feel a shock.

Horsey used to stand for someone to climb on her back when she was in heat, used be able to inseminate her in the field:D

einn32

onyerbikepat wrote:

I used to have a cow called 'Physco'. I culled her before she lived up to her name. Funny, but her daughter is the quitest cow I have. Have another one called 'Pink-eye'. I bought her by accident. I spotted her in a mart and liked the look of her, a nice muscley type simmental. I realised then she had a spot in her eye, so took down her number with pick eye written beside it. An hour later, in she comes into the ring, glanced down at my notes and never saw the 'pink eye' bit. She turned out to be the best cow I have.

Had one years ago called the mad wan. If she saw a stranger in the yard she take in to a fit of galloping around the field. Dangerous after calving.

Kovu

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Don't worry, Kovu, you never had any credibility to start with:P


Horsey used to stand for someone to climb on her back when she was in heat, used be able to inseminate her in the field:D

Ye brat ya :P Good to see some other families had horseys' too.
I forgot about our Big Momma cow. She was a huuuuge golden simm cow, however she was always left calfsitting in one field while the others went off grazing. Braveheart was a blue who always escaped through the barrier as well. Then she went AWOL for a few days and nobody could find her, she was found grazing in a bog a mile away.

ganmo

Not cows but have a ewe here I call mutton chop...because she has a black mark kinda the shape of a chop on her face where ya'd expect 'mutton chops'

Years and years ago we had a pet lamb called buttercup cause it used to go around eating, you guessed it buttercups

KatW4

My bf nicknamed one Burgers because it was the runt of the litter and he said it was its destiny!!

djmc

Kung fu panda
She has a white head with black ears and two black eyes like a panda bear and she gave me a kick in the shin when she was a calf
I have another one called piebald cause she is three different colors

Buford T. Justice XIX

A neighbour had a cow he called Shergar because she kept breaking into the local 'RA mans farm:D

KatyMac

Big Momma - big angus cow, probably the best one I have
Midge - small, miserable looking animal that nearly died 3 times as a calf, she jumped into neighbour's bull and had a calf that was as big as her, I kept her and she manages to have great calves, so her place is safe in the herd
Snookums & Angel, my daughter called them after Moshie Monster characters
I called the heifer calves from last year that I intend to keep Roxie, Regan, Roisin and Ruby - named after school friends of my kids

Farrell

Some farms call the cow after the previous owner too

Nettleman

one of the heifers was called speedy, she took a turn past the wife on the road as a calf and the wife gave chase, both disappeared down a neighbours lane, wife appeared half hour layer but no sign if speedy!! I calked off the search only to find her at our gate the next morning! It was priceless

welton john

old lad here always called cows after the wife of the previous owner if we knew them. many years ago a lad called to buy a calf, father pointed out to him the cow he bought from him as a heifer at which point a five year old me butted in ' patrica's a great cow to milk'

Justjens

Any that have names usually get them from non-farming visitors, Maureen is one because she looks like a Maureen! Figure that one out.

There was a Beth, and I still have Ricardo and his younger brother Roberto.

One bullock is named JCB (not because of the digger) but because all that Bill the vet could say as we struggled to pull him out was 'Jesus Christ', so Jesus Christ Bill kind of stuck.

Deepsouthwest

Every bull ever here is called Bill, although a lad who works with me always calls the hereford bulls Neillie after an uncle of mine who breeds them!

MarkAnthony

Lady Mootington-Stanley

Deepsouthwest

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Lady Mootington-Stanley

With a name like that I don't think ud be v impressed if u found my jex bull up on her some morning!!

Western Pomise

Had a cow called 'The Nervous Cow'...no explanation needed,her only saving grace was her ability to breed great calves each year....
Once had a horned ewe we called 'Marco Polo'....fences were only a challenge to her!

onyerbikepat

Come to think of it, the father used to have names on all the cows he kept. Not pet names, more like descriptive names like - Big Red, old Grey, Young Blue, The Kicker, Auction Cow. He used to write the calving dates on the back of the timber door in the cow house. They are still there to this day. They go from the late '60s maybe up to early 80's. All written in pencil. :rolleyes:

whisky_galore

My mum used always call the runt of a calf who had to be looked after and bottle-fed, 'Wally'.
There was a long line of 'Wallys'.

keep going

thinking of naming a few heifers here the", isis" sisters,last couple of evenings they have stayed in the field and I didn't cop it until I was nearly finished milking and was a few short so I had to go back for them:mad:

Milked out

We have one lady here we call bruiser, the biggest girl around who always takes to a fight. Took on the shear grab when she was a heifer also which gave her a tough look for a bit. Shes handy when heifers are getting used to the parlour tho, takes up the extra space when small ones are in and shoves up the big nervous ones too to quieten them a bit

kowtow

Milked out wrote: »

We have one lady here we call bruiser, the biggest girl around who always takes to a fight. Took on the shear grab when she was a heifer also which gave her a tough look for a bit. Shes handy when heifers are getting used to the parlour tho, takes up the extra space when small ones are in and shoves up the big nervous ones too to quieten them a bit

We have one like that ("bully")... beautiful cow, keeps the others in order but a bit mean when she has a calf around her and apt to turn around and give you a puck .. or at least a hard stare, if she doesn't like whatever you are planning.

Stands in the shadows after leaving the parlour until the last one goes past her. She's great without a calf... quite affectionate and acts all mis-understood.

Buford T. Justice XIX

kowtow wrote: »

We have one like that ("bully")... beautiful cow, keeps the others in order but a bit mean when she has a calf around her and apt to turn around and give you a puck .. or at least a hard stare, if she doesn't like whatever you are planning.

Stands in the shadows after leaving the parlour until the last one goes past her. She's great without a calf... quite affectionate and acts all mis-understood.

We need a cow psychoanalyst for some of these ladies, they have some underlying issues:)

Willfarman

Had a kerry cow called fart. Had a big mad lim called cracker.

KatyMac

I pencil in the cow's name on the corner of the card for ease of finding when needed. Last year I sold an old LIM cow and the man that drove the lorry was laughing at her name coz that happened to be his wife's name. He was planning to go home and tell her that he'd just sold her for me!

jimmy2pens

Slightly off topic, but anyway, kids here have names on some of the cows & there is great excitement with calving and picking names, names usually come from characters in their books or cartoons. My 3 year old daughter has adopted a cow as hers and calls her the 'Red Cow' . The cow was calving yesterday evening and kids were in and out of the kitchen watching progress on the camera. My daughter wanted her to have a 'girl calf' After she calved I went out to the shed. When I came back and said it was a 'boy calf' my daughter started bawling crying.!!!!!!