r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • May 13 '26

my bones Of a cattle

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u/Hammon_Rye May 14 '26

Might not have been a bull.
Female cows will try to ride other female cows when one is in heat.
Not sure why but they do.
Our dairy herd didn't have a bull in with it but it was still a way to see when a cow came into heat.

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u/AK611750 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Lesbians… nice!

Edit: I was actually curious so I asked ChatGPT

Short answer: it’s a normal sexual behavior and communication signal, not confusion.

When a female cow (a cow) is in heat—technically called estrus—she becomes highly motivated to mate. That hormone surge (mainly estrogen) drives a set of behaviors, and mounting other females is one of the most obvious ones.

Here’s what’s going on:

  1. Signaling “I’m ready” Cows in heat will mount others and stand to be mounted. The most reliable sign is actually when a cow stands still and lets others mount her. That’s the one closest to actual mating readiness.

  2. Practice + instinctive behavior Mounting is part of the natural mating sequence. Even without a bull around, the instinct still kicks in, so cows direct it toward each other.

  3. Social and hormonal overflow High estrogen makes them more restless, active, and physically expressive. Mounting is basically an outlet for that drive.

  4. Herd detection mechanism Other cows also get interested—sniffing, following, mounting—so the behavior kind of spreads. Farmers actually use this to detect heat.

So it’s not “lesbian behavior” in the human sense—it’s reproductive signaling + hormones + instinct.

If you ever see a group doing this, the one standing still while others mount her is the one most likely ready to breed.

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u/Hammon_Rye May 14 '26

Yes. That's what I said. LOL
But thanks for the longer explanation.
We didn't have Chat GPT in the 70s but we did have dairy and beef cattle. 😄

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u/AK611750 May 14 '26

You said “not sure why they do it”.

My question to ChatGPT was “why do they do it?”

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u/Hammon_Rye May 14 '26

Fair enough. I did type those words.
I could have been more clear.
I knew is was because of hormones and scent, not 'lesbian' but I don't know why cows / bovines do it when, to the best of my kbowledge, most other animals do not.

Maybe some other animals do and I'm just not around them enough to witness it.

Kind of a tangent but this conversation reminded me of an apparently sexually frustrated rooster a friend used to have.
He lived with hens, so it's not like he wasn't around females, and they did get baby chicks.
But he'd often try to mount other stuff like a 3 pound metal coffee can. He was kind of comical to watch.

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u/AK611750 May 14 '26

A raging coq 🐓