Hungry Cows

Cows/Mooshrooms now eat Grass/Mycelium/plants to restore their Milkability/Health, Milk functions as food and many more related features.

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Screenshots

Non-milkable Cow <-> Milkable Cow ⸻⸻⸻⸻ (Model/Texture)

About this Mod

Grazing Cow on the left and Grazing Mooshroom on the right of Hungry Cows Title

Cows are NOT infinite milk machines!

In Minecraft, Cows can give endless amounts of Milk,

and drinking it does nothing for your hunger. That, frankly, makes no sense!

Cows are hungry and milk fills you up!

Features:

Feature	`Cow`	`Mooshroom`	`Goat`	`Sheep`	⚙️ Configurable?
Eating Grass and some Plant Blocks restores Milkability ^{and health}	✅	✅ (Eats Mycelium)	❌ (Can only be fed)	✅ (for Wool)	✅ (Probability, Baby Growth, Healing, Plant Blocks via tags)
Milk restores Hunger & Saturation ^{+ stacks up to 16}	✅	✅	✅		✅ (Nutritional values per milk type)
Can be fed to regain Milkability ^{+ to restore 1 ❤ (Note: Feeding has a 5 min cooldown by default.)}	✅	✅	✅	✅ (for Wool)	✅ (Feedable items per animal, cooldown)
Dispensers can milk	✅	✅ (+ with Bowls)	✅		❌
*Show Milkability* through Model & Texture**	✅	✅	❌		✅
*Jade shows Milkability* and Feedability status**	✅	✅ (+ Flower for Suspicious Stew)	✅	✅ (Feedability)	✅ (Jade not required, toggleable each)

Compatibility:

Fully compatible with AppleSkin.
Fully compatible with Fresh Animations 1.10.4.
Extensive Jade integration.

If you encounter any incompatibilities, bugs or other issues — please report them on GitHub.

Special Thanks:

Nemo | Qu | Serilum

Available Versions

Hungry Cows 2.2.2 + 1.21.6(-11)release

MC 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11fabric

March 18, 2026

Hungry Cows 2.2.2 + 1.21.5release

MC 1.21.5fabric

March 18, 2026

Hungry Cows 2.2.2 + 1.21.4release

MC 1.21.4fabric

March 18, 2026

Hungry Cows 2.2.2 + 1.21(.1)release

MC 1.21, 1.21.1fabric

March 18, 2026

Hungry Cows 2.2.2 + 1.20.1release

MC 1.20.1fabric

March 18, 2026

How to Install Hungry Cows on Your Server

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Hungry Cows". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+13 more)

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Hungry Cows server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Hungry Cows compatible with fabric?

Hungry Cows officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Hungry Cows – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Hungry Cows consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.