Micaly -

Hello, my name is Micaly and I am a Poll Hereford heifer (Poll means I don‛t have horns, Hereford means the breed of cow I am and heifer means I am a young girl) and although I look may look smaller than my buddies I am actually older than them. I was born prematurely and one of a twin, my twin was a boy calf. When cows have twins and they are of the opposite sex the female is generally infertile, it‛s call “freemartinism”. Now I bet that is something you didn‛t know. Being premature has made me small for my size, they say I will always be small, like a dwarf cow really, and I cannot run as fast as the other cows. But who cares I still get there in the end, I prefer to call it smelling the roses on the way.

I came to live at Edgar‛s Mission after the caring farmer‛s wife did not want me to end up as most Herefords do and that is on someone‛s dinner plate. Boy I am lucky for that.

Did you know that there are two classes of us cattle based on what humans intend to do
with us. Cows like me are beef cattle, we are more robust the other type of cattle is dairy
cattle they are a bit more lean and lanky and they are used for mike production. Us
Herefords are really placid and friendly, we like to watch things; the birds flying, the
sheep grazing, even the grass growing. We don‛t ask for much in life, just for people to
be kind.

I hope you can come and visit me and my friends real soon.

Love Micaly, mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Diary of a bobby calf - as told by Shirley Calf

Do you want to be a Best Buddy to Micaly?