Tuesday 18 January 2011
When I came home from visiting Mrs Ellis today Gordon met me in front the house. He was beckoning me down the yard to see something. You never quite know with Gordon whether it’s good or bad, but in this case it turned out to be something good.
Apparently, nine months ago, Ferdinand managed to get in with our heifers at the back of the farm when a gate wasn’t latched properly and he followed his nose. They weren’t very old at the time so Gordon wasn’t particularly concerned about their welfare, but it seems that one of the heifers managed to get pregnant despite the fact that she was only nine months old. This morning while the vet was here testing another batch of cows to see whether they were pregnant she gave birth and this is the result.
Not only is she female, not only is she red (and will be the only red cow in our future herd unless we get lucky), but she’s an Alexandra! The mother was born unexpectedly to one of our ‘retired’ cows that was stuck out the back, and this new calf was unexpected too. It looks like it might turn into a family tradition.
I must come and meet this one!
Her name should be SURPRISE!
Julie xxxxxxxx
She’s beautiful – well they both are, mother and baby.
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