It will need to have been exhausting to not crack a smile the morning this unusually marked cow was born.
Key factors:
- “Comfortable” the Holstein was born in West Gippsland earlier this week
- The calf’s breeders say they’ve by no means seen markings like his
- Comfortable will stay on the farm as a lawnmower and pet
Megan and Barry Coster breed about 700 calves a yr at their stud farm in Ripplebrook in West Gippsland.
However of the hundreds of calves they’ve bred through the years, none have come out with markings like a specific younger Holstein born this week.
“We have seen some quantity sevens or love hearts on the top and some unusual markings, however we have by no means seen something that resembles a smiley face earlier than,” Mrs Coster mentioned.
Barry Coster collected the younger Holstein — now affectionately often called “Comfortable” — throughout his morning rounds this week.
When he picked the calf up there was little to distinguish him from the remainder of the herd.
Nonetheless, upon turning him round, Mr Coster was shocked to see a face smiling again at him.
He despatched a photograph straight to his spouse.
“I could not consider it — I truly zoomed in at first to be sure that none of our employees had added some additional traces or something, ” Mrs Coster mentioned.
The distinctive markings have secured Comfortable’s place on the farm in perpetuity.
Bobby calves similar to “Comfortable” are animals, lower than a month outdated that, on a dairy farm, are surplus to changing the prevailing milking herd.
Comfortable’s distinctive colouring means he is shortly turn into a workers favorite.
Regardless of being unlikely to hitch the Coster’s roster of stud bulls, has discovered a brand new area of interest for himself.
“He will be a part of these bulls and turn into a little bit of a pet,” Mrs Coster mentioned.
“A number of of our employees are eager to have him as a pet and a lawnmower of their yards as effectively.
“He’ll be round for some time.”
