quadruplets!

[Kali]

this is insane. twins are pretty rare but do happen, quads? I never heard of it.

https://www.drovers.com/article/washington-cow-gives-birth-quadruplets

[PJMcK]

1. It must be due to global climate change

Or because of Fox News.

Or something.

Anyway, life is beautiful and thanks for posting the photo! They look healthy and happy!

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. Fertility drugs?

[Sanity Claws]

3. She may not be able to provide enough milk

Maybe another cow with just a single calf can help her out.

[procon]

5. Yeah, that was my first thought too.

Especially if that cow is trying to feed herself by grazing. Hopefully the owner will bring her to a barn where she can be fed enough to keep her milk up. Even so, those calves will still need to be supplemented with bottles because even the best producing dairy cow (and that cow is a beef breed) can't give enough milk to feed two calves let alone all four. If the cow can't be transported then all the calves could be separated and hand raised to save them from starving.

[Kali]

9. eh, a dairy cow can raise 4 calves pretty easy

lots of people keep a dairy cow to raise cheap "bottle calves" or just for the random orphans that seem to always happen with a big herd.
but you are right, a beef cow barely produces enough for a single, twins are rough on a cow most people don't like to see them. quads! wow!

[Ptah]

6. From the link:

The three heifer calves are being bottle fed, and the bull calf remained with the cow, English says.

[Kali]

8. thanks!

[hlthe2b]

4. ! Go buy a lottery ticket, Kali

"Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases," the odds of a cow having quadruplets is 1 in 700,000. The odds of all four calves being born alive is 1 in 11.2 million.

Oh, and maybe consider giving this girl a deserved retirement?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I'll volunteer to take all 4 to bottle raise.