It takes 5 minutes before adult animals can breed again in Minecraft on Java Edition, and about 1 minute on Bedrock Edition. The baby itself takes about 20 minutes to grow into an adult.

How it works

  • Feed two adult animals of the same species their breeding food.
  • They enter love mode and produce a baby.
  • After breeding, the parents go on cooldown before they can breed again.

Useful tip

If you’re building a farm, Java players usually need to space breeding cycles by 5 minutes, while Bedrock players can repeat much faster.

TL;DR: breed cooldown is 5 minutes on Java , about 1 minute on Bedrock.