How to Breed Cows in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to breed cows with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can breed cows and make cute baby cows. Let's explore how to breed cows.

Required Materials to Breed Cows

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to breed cows:

Steps to Breed Cows

1. Find Two Cows

First, you will need to find two cows to breed.

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If you are having trouble finding cows, you can summon a cow using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Your cows will need to be close together when breeding, so we have built a fence to keep our two cows from running away.

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2. Use the Wheat

Next, with the wheat selected in your hot bar, you will need to feed the wheat to each of the cows, one at a time.

The game control to use/feed the wheat to the cows depends on the version of Minecraft:

  • For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the cows one at a time.
  • For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the cows one at a time.
  • For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
  • For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
  • For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
  • For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the cows one at a time.
  • For Education Edition, right click on the cows one at a time.

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As you feed the wheat to the cows, you will see red hearts appear over their heads. Each of these cows is entering love mode.

Once you have fed both cows, they will turn to each other and red hearts will continue to appear over their heads.

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After a moment, the red hearts will disappear and a cute baby calf will be standing there.

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Now you will have two adult cows and one baby cow.

TIP: You will have to wait 5 minutes before your cows can breed again.

Congratulations, you just learned how to breed cows in Minecraft!

Things to Do with Cows

Here are some activities that you can do with cows in Minecraft: