They are herded down from the mountain meadows once or twice a day to be milked. Often they don't need to come down and come down themselves because they know when they have to be milked.
The Swiss Alps
A Brown Swiss cow can live for 9 to 15 years.
They range from dark brown to a light brown, usually will have white udders, legs and white around their mussels.
On average, a Brown Swiss calf can weigh between 80-90 lbs.
There are around 48 mountains in the Swiss Alps that are over 4,000 meters in elevation. This does not include the numerous lower peaks and summits in the region.
The first Brown Swiss cattle came to the United States in the winter of 1869-70.
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The Brown Swiss breed was possibly started around 1000 years ago by the monks of the Einsiedeln Monastery in Switzerland. However, bones found in the ruins of the Swiss lake dwellers dated back to around 4000 B.C and have some resemblance to the skeletal structure of that of today's Brown Swiss cow.
Albert Einstein's eyes were brown, according to his Swiss passport.
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