Cow Nick-Names

I know I have listed a few of them before in a different post, but here is a list of some of the nick-names we have given cows and/or calves; some of which have passed on. As a general rule we try not to name them but it's hard not to.

1. Messy
2. Squeaky
3. Cleopatra
4. Rosie
5. Speedy
6. Fluffy
7. The Eyebrow Cow
8. B.O.B (bump on bag)
9. B.O.F (bump on foot)
10. R. C. (renegade cow)
11. The Black Witch
12. S.E. (split ear)
13. Uk (unknown) actually there are a couple more of these; Uk2, Uk3...
14. U. T. (udder tilts)

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Comments

Gledwood said…
Oh come on surely most (dairy) cows are called DAISY?

Or is this an Anglo-American gulf of a difference,...

many thanks for your Hillary comment at mine here's the reply I left:...

Who on earth do you want IN then?...

OK fair enough you have my sympathies as if FORCED to vote in a UK election (no way would I put my name on the electoral roll for one thing: gives my evil creditors a DIRECT clue of where I might be!) I couldn't with any honest heart vote Labour (I mean purLEEZE they used to be nearly SOCIALIST in the 1970s: SOCIALISTS put that whacking great wall up through Europe... Liberal Democrats: give me a break I'd rather eat my trainers/sneakers; Conservative/Tory ugh some of them are SO repellant it's inexplicable.. I'd be seriously torn between Labour and Tory and probably hang myself rather than vote.... many thanks for your message you DO have my sympathies.... take care!...
;->...
March 7, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Debby said…
Just read an article that cows called by their names give more milk...so maybe you shouldn't resist naming them!
November 2, 2011 at 12:46 PM
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