diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
index b42216c2cc..6749c771be 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/cow/random/Initialize()
 	milk_reagent = get_random_reagent_id() //this has a blacklist so don't worry about romerol cows, etc
-
+	..()
 
 //Wisdom cow, speaks and bestows great wisdoms
 /mob/living/simple_animal/cow/wisdom