The photo looks innocent enough, but watch the video. It catches two year old heifer #712 in the act of stealing milk from the back as the calf sucks from the side. Turned out she was making a habit of it so we separated her from the heifers that had calved.
She now has her own baby but we’ll be watching to make sure that her maternal instincts are stronger than her criminal ones. If not, she’ll run with the old cows who won’t put up with such thievery.
Even the Head Honcho said this isn’t something he’s seen in a cow before – in a yearling, occasionally, but not in anything older.
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