Fun Facts for Kids

Cows eat about 90 pounds of nutritious food a day. 90 pounds of food equals: 206 baked potatoes, 1440 slices of bread.

Cows drink 25-50 gallons of water each day. That's nearly a bathtub full.

A cow can produce about 100 glasses of milk each day.

All cows are female - male cows are called bulls.

No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

A group of 12 or more cows is called a flink.

Cows' stomachs have four sections.

Cows have 32 teeth and a tough pad of skin instead of teeth on the top front of their jaw.

Holsteins ( the black and white cows) are the most common type of dairy cow.

A cow weighs between 1500-2000 pounds (about the size of 10 grown men).