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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
1955 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Dec 19 2025 : 5:44:57 PM
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| Our cow that was due to have her calf on the 21st jumped the gun by about a week. That usually means there are twins. I don't have the pictures off my camera yet, but she had 2 cute little heifers that picked the names Sugar and Cookie. When I tried to call them Mistletoe and Holly they ignored me. When I said how about Merry and Joy one actually turned and walked away! I said how about Sugar and Cookie? Sugar gave me a moo and Cookie came running. Of course they picked the day that it was snowing and the wind chill was below zero to make their entrance into the world. They seem to be doing really well despite this moody weather. Yesterday it was 54 and raining. Today the wind chill was below 0 and it was snowing. I hear that Christmas day it's supposed to be 60 :( At least we had a white before Christmas LOL! I'll post some pictures as soon as I get them off my camera. |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1799 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2025 : 5:53:15 PM
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| How exciting Heather! So ‘Sugar’ and ‘Cookie’ it is, that is so funny. We are having flip flop weather too. One morning it’s 22 degrees and high of 38 like three days ago, then today we are riding around with 65 degrees and our windows open. Looking forward to pictures of the twins! |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
384 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - Dec 19 2025 : 5:56:05 PM
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| Oh I love those names - and that the helped pick them for themselves! A very neat early Christmas arrival! |
Laura
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5572 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
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Posted - Dec 19 2025 : 6:19:51 PM
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| Oh Heather how exciting Twins! I cannot wait to see the pictures of sugar and Cookie. Real cute names. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1648 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2025 : 7:41:19 PM
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| Love the names, Heather!! :) Can’t wait to see pictures!! :) |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
473 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2025 : 07:54:53 AM
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Sugar Cookie goes best with milk of all those options. Do you keep most/all your heifer babies or what happens to them when they grow up?
We have rain in the forecast for Christmas here which I am very excited about, perfect cozy reading weather. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
1955 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
1955 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2025 : 07:26:24 AM
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We keep all the heifer babies with 2 exceptions - if we cross the Holsteins with a beef breed (usually Herefords) we don't keep them (they don't milk enough to pay for their feed. We kept a couple to try) and if there are twins with one heifer and one bull the heifer is sterile over 90% of the time. They are called free martins. Somehow the hormones from the bull calf mess up the heifer's reproductive system development. So we don't keep those heifers either. All the others stay and get bred at 15 months so they have their first calf and join the milking herd when they're 2 years old.
Sugar is the more white one and cookie is the black one. They're doing wonderful! Sugar is the talker. She moos every time she sees one of us. Cookie has the bad habit of trying to take out your kneecaps! |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5572 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2025 : 09:50:18 AM
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| Oh Heather they are so darn cute! |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
473 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
473 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2025 : 11:07:21 AM
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| Cute and fascinating! Guess that makes me the human equivalent of a free martin (with a fraternal twin brother). There I was, so worried I might have twins myself when cows have the opposite worry. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5572 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2025 : 11:21:13 AM
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| How cool Chris to have a twin. I always wished I could have had a twin brother or sister. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Dreamer42
True Blue Farmgirl
368 Posts
April
Central
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Dec 29 2025 : 08:29:59 AM
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| I love their names, Heather! So sweet! Congratulations! |
Dreamer42
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