Thursday, June 8, 2023

Baby Boom

I have stated in previous posts about the incoming wave of calves and I believe that they have finally arrived! Chores went as usual, however we were swarmed with many baby calves today. A set of the calves that were born today happened to be twins. The twins are a bull and a heifer so it is almost certain that the heifer will grow up to be sterile and never have any calves of her own. 

On the plus side of having all of this rainy and cool weather the lactating cows seem to be really enjoying the break from the summer sun and are continuing to produce increasing amounts of milk. I find it quite fascinating that the temperature can influence the milk production of our animals.

We shipped 5,525 gallons of milk and had six new baby calves! The adorable twins are below giving each other some bedtime kisses.



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