Dairy farmers always look at their heifer calves as their future. When my husband goes up to the maternity pen to help with the birth or immediately after the birth of a calf, the first thing he does (after making sure the calf is OK) is to check and see whether it is a boy or a girl. We normally sell the boys. We keep all the girls. We love and care for them and treat them like our little princesses. We have had our herd for 17 months and we have had 59 births! Time has passed so quickly. We have 28 heifers - from 2 weeks to 17 months. Our first three "babies" were inseminated today. It will be exciting to care for them, watch them become new moms and then milk beside their own moms. It's a miracle to help create a life - even if the life you create is a calf!
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