Millie, the Highlander Calf
Millie, the two-month-old Scottish Highlander calf, gets her bottle.
Millie, the two-month-old Scottish Highlander calf, gets her bottle.
Look at what happens when an Scottish Highlander ox wears a tartan hat!
After months of preparation and a three-hour drive to Woods Hole, Mass., we finally drove our truck and trailer, with four bovines and one donkey, onto the ferry for a 45-minute boat ride to Martha's Vineyard for its 160th Agricultural Fair. This year farm helpers Diane Hersey and Maggie Harrington joined us to help clean stalls, [...]
Caption: Heidi, a Scottish Highlander cow, keeps a close eye as I prepare to bottle feed her calf, who was unable to nurse because mom's teats were too large for his little mouth. I'm not sure which I like more: bottle feeding a calf or teaching sixteen children how to handle calves. Both have their charms...and [...]