Do cows make milk

Answer 1

Yes, a cow needs to calve before she can produce milk just as with humans and other animals. The method for breeding the cow can be via live cover where she is in with a bull or A.I. (artificial insemination) where the semen is collected from a bull at another location and the vet A.I. the cow in correlation with her ovulation cycle.

Answer 2

Kind of. But the real deal is that a cow cannot nor will not lactate (in most cases) unless she has given birth to a calf. Being bred doesn't automatically guarantee that a cow is going to be producing milk right away, because a bred cow can abort her calf, or absorb the embryo inside her and become open again. She must have given birth to a calf (or, have a complete gestation) in order to produce milk.

Cows that are bred via artificial insemination or naturally can (and often are) be still lactating. From the time she calves to when she is bred again, this time period is only around 3 to 4 months long. A dairy cow will commonly be lactating for 10 months out of the year. For two months she gets a rest before calving and beginning lactation again.

Answer 3

Yes, some hormones increase milk production as well as fatten up cattle.

Answer 4

All mammals produce milk as food for their babies. Cows and goats are most used for commercial production of milk.

Answer 5

Yes they do. The produce milk naturally after they've had a calf.

Answer 6

sometimes