Friday, March 11, 2011

Freemartin!

Well we got some sad news today! It seems our Betsy is a "freemartin". That is the term for a heifer twin. It seems when cows have twins (one boy one girl) The girl will not develop ovaries. I am so sad seeing how we obviously can't have her as a milk cow. She is such a sweet cow. She is completely trained and ready but she is unable.
We will probably butcher her and sell a side. She is right around 1400 pounds and our family of four will not be able to eat that much meat before it goes bad. So for now I will enjoy her until we can afford to butcher her.

3 comments:

I am truly blessed said...

Oh NOOOOO!!!! That is not cool. Do you think that is why she was such a good deal? Do you think the previous owners knew that or not? What a bummer. But at least you will get quite a bit of meat out of her.

Jenny said...

Oh no! So sorry to hear that, but at least you will get some meat, as you mentioned. That is a total bummer. Hope you are able to get a good milkin' cow soon! :)

Karilee said...

Oh, so sorry for you! Really...Wouldn't the previous owners have already known about this??
Well, at least you'll get some beef out of the deal.

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